MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '23 at 05:46
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 196 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 365 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7570 12,360 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 2B20) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.33% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 5.7 6% 6.67 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 5.8 5% 6.07 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.33% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 222 224 268 241 260 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44% Average	Read 216 Write 110 Mixed 120 SusWrite 244 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 14.8 64% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 24.5 DQ Mixed 22.2 17% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 616GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 188 188 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 156 Mixed 86 SusWrite 187 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 123GB free Firmware: JU007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 75 74 74 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 133 Write 102 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 75.3 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.6 232% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown W641GU48J5213ND 1x8GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.4 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 41%

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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	60	24.1"	1280 720	ACR0A33 KG241Y S

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,149 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
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	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

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 $269	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 $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 $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