MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	41.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 16:31
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.3% Poor	Memory 40 1-Core 23.9 2-Core 45.8 24% 36.6 Pts	4-Core 73 8-Core 83.3 10% 78.2 Pts	64-Core 87.7 5% 87.7 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.9% Average	Lighting 45 Reflection 62.4 Parallax 62.9 37% 56.7 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 55.5 52% 65 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8378629 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 88940182770331 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 978 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 80 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 46 60132556835 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 60132556835 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8378629 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8378629 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8378629 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 90194313217 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8305 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4549 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4549 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6910 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4849725	44.6% Average	Read 441 Write 127 Mixed 182 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 8.97 58% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18.1 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 9.43 19% 37.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 509GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2569 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2524 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 153 Mixed 138 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 109%
Seagate ST9500325ASG 500GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 126GB free Firmware: 0114 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 37.2 Mixed 33.7 28% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.38 79% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 18.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 202 20% 202 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 85%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	138x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16