MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '16 at 19:38
Run Duration	391 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 648 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 67.7 63% 73.7 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 60.7 56% 69.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 50437749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65000035057949 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 33 55836737559 (C2) HDA temperature 23 33 55836737559 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 50437749 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 50437749 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 50437749 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 73014444032 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1156 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1074 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1074 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3995 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1114116	65.8% Good	Read 487 Write 228 Mixed 295 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 12.4 92% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 63.4 71% 112 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 695GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 176 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 58 58 42507 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1454 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 731 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1482532 (C2) HDA temperature 125 90 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	95.4% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 163 Mixed 155 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.43 129% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 50%
Toshiba MK5061GSYFN 500GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 695GB free Firmware: MD000D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2230 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 589623 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1769 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4176 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 709 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 165227 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240518955034 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 67844751 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 157853344 (F0) Head flying hours 87 87 321696 (F1) Unknown 100 100 24029001328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28213747476 (FE) Unknown 100 100 628	93.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 157 Mixed 153 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 3.04 4K Mixed 0.44 129% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 59%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 1000, Transcend Jetflash 8GB Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	4.56% Terrible	Read 18 Write 3.9 Mixed 5.21 9% 9.04 MB/s	4K Read 4.59 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.007 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.56% Great: 16%

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 as expected (57^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 25.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 85%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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