MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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.
Boot Drive	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	17 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 04:54
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 618 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.86 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 143 Parallax 132 105% 135 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 120 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 480GB 31,107 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: XD0R024D SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 187 217 222 222 218 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 420 Write 268 Mixed 353 SusWrite 201 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 31.9 112% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 112 121% 195 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 246GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 444 448 464 452 455 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 452 Mixed 348 SusWrite 451 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 49.6 162% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 352 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 980GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 169 170 170 170 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 142 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 170 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBD 2x16GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 19.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 77%

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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	27"	1280 720	SAM08DC S27B350

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,154 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	549x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	324x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

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	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16