MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180627
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '23 at 20:38
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$123 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 391 49% 371 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 141 Parallax 124 104% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 125 Splatting 118 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,594 Write 757 Mixed 1,134 256% 1,162 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 57.5 187% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 894 DQ Write 659 DQ Mixed 807 595% 786 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$32 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 277GB free Firmware: 1V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 117 117 116 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 115 72% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 208GB free Firmware: 3B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 46 45 45 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 76.6 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 45.2 47% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14/8G 12GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 81%

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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	70	57	60	27"	1280 720	PHL08A8 273PLPH

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Typical B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 1,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	169x
Core i5-6400Intel $73Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	78x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	51x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16