MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '16 at 10:34
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 646 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 20.7 19% 20.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 19%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 87% 107 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 88.9 74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1320 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 197 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2048284766	102% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 394 Mixed 239 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 37.9 156% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 105 116% 198 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 179 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19369 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 91.3 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 1.5TB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 91.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 63.9 100% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.2 22% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 44%
Sony Hard Drive 1TB 2,286 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 931GB free, PID 05bf Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 94.7 Mixed 32.6 86% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.34 38% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$299 798 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 127%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16