MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.3% 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	32.5% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (94^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 221 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 603 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% 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: 1628 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 73.5 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 69.7 60% 74.2 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 63.5 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 11GB 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 118 118 193149050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -80144089713731 (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 30 42 55837327390 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 193149050 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 193149050 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 193149050 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11197 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7396 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7396 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3383	32.5% Below average	Read 196 Write 56 Mixed 88.7 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 8.44 68% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 20.3 22% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 32.5% 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 as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 26275497 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 155212624 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 120413703113163 (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 219047264322 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 555548703 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2310 (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 21762599291163 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24755031237 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28536825671	92.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 132 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 334GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 59.6 Write 53.1 Mixed 53.3 70% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.28 31% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 42%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 75%

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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