MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 16:55
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

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 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 646 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 57.8 Parallax 60.1 50% 59.8 fps	MRender 49.8 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 53.7 45% 54.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 7691403 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -119666378771563 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 983 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 813 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 55837327393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7691403 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7691403 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7691403 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10961 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7147 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7147 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3123	36.9% Below average	Read 186 Write 60.6 Mixed 86.1 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 10.5 81% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 59 DQ Write 59.4 DQ Mixed 19.4 26% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 62%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 231917874 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 149020246 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 83060372539815 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 219046674489 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2239 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 -20246475831045 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24580145763 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23652302209	79.5% Very good	Read 147 Write 130 Mixed 130 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 295GB free Firmware: K Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 79 212266602 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 44925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 54 35101535490 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2323 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 35 622919717 (C2) HDA temperature 37 65 47244640293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 54 205927747 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.5% Average	Read 72.6 Write 75.3 Mixed 69.1 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 275GB free Firmware: 1118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 2 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6320 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10462 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1717 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 193 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 421068825 (C2) HDA temperature 72 54 471400476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 446666 (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 99 99 853 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	30.3% Below average	Read 46.6 Write 58.7 Mixed 56.6 41% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 0420 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	267x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	174x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16