MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.9% 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	33.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 16:55
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 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 (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 627 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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: 388.19 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 61.3 54% 65.5 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 54 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3GB 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 115 115 98599795 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -53008486337609 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1003 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 822 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 55837327394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 98599795 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 98599795 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 98599795 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11169 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7365 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7365 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3338	33.6% Below average	Read 179 Write 49.8 Mixed 74.4 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 12.1 74% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 20.2 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 11.4 17% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 62%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 125156099 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 153790045 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -1623497635387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 219047133248 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2308 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 81604378657 (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 1597727836437 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24650126016 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28496456383	84.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 135 Mixed 145 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 107%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 89.4 Write 90.4 Mixed 77.9 110% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 04CB 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,164 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	550x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	173x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	50x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	140x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16