MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '23 at 18:38
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 551 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.15% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 7.7 5% 7.4 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.1 2% 3.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.15% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SDEZS25-480G-Z01 480GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: EG870400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 59 121 155 194 170 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 417 Write 342 Mixed 274 SusWrite 160 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 26.7 4K Mixed 9.9 54% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 26.8 24% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.8% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 17.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 73%

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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	49	14	60	24.1"	1280 720	ACI23C2 ASUS MX239

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,186 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 $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	270x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	104x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	141x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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