MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 14:35
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 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 (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 409 51% 390 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BE) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 17 Parallax 20.2 19% 20 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 23.2 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3107000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1361 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1065 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3509056898058 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 46 231928234030 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1477473206616 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 578 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4836 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2576 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2921 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	42.4% Average	Read 326 Write 30.5 Mixed 179 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 4.86 83% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 5.32 32% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 21494497579 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1067 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1870 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1870 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180390002719 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 166 Mixed 162 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.25 107% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 486GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98969248 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 797412 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1790 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55598 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 81604378654 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 61980673049610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1529700310 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7054183279	92.8% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 140 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 2x4GB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 87%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,143 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	546x
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	316x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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