MSI MS-B901

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-B90111
Motherboard	MSI MS-B901 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '23 at 03:15
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 172 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 334 38% 300 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 145 Parallax 135 111% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 120 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC152S37512GG2 512GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 378 437 448 447 444 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 342 Write 386 Mixed 244 SusWrite 393 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 26.3 100% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 178 171% 268 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 815GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 133 147 148 144 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 59.6 SusWrite 136 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GB 20,148 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 18 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	68	59	60	84.6"	1296 759	SAM0FEE SAMSUNG

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 51%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI MS-B901

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	178x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	116x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	74x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	27x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	45x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG2 128GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,315 samples	20x
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	20x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	111x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	31x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	22x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $448

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $48

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16