MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 days ago, 14 hrs ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '23 at 13:35
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$111 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 381 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$277 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8816) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 119 Parallax 127 106% 125 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 107 Splatting 86.1 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8TB8U256G1001 256GB 4,613 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120101 Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 436 Write 268 Mixed 203 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 26.6 122% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 216 174% 247 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 6,780 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 569GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 414 442 471 472 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 442 Mixed 400 SusWrite 424 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 48.2 155% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 10GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 155 125 126 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 98.6 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 134 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.7 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 110%

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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	58	100	27"	1280 720	AUS270E VG279QR

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 1,865 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 $116Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	468x
Core i5-6600KIntel $111Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	285x
Core i7-6700KIntel $221Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	218x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	197x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	154x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $50Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	43x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	125x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	67x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	57x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $316	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $29
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $399	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12600K $215	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16