MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.7% 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	36.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 09:02
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 (99^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 646 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.7% Below average	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 33.4 26% 39.1 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 51.8 41% 49.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0. 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 108 108 19632383 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -57501022128891 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 846 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 55837327389 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19632383 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19632383 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19632383 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12400 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9191 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9191 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4464	36.2% Below average	Read 180 Write 57 Mixed 72.8 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 12.2 78% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 76.1 DQ Write 56.6 DQ Mixed 18.5 27% 50.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 62%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 163327222 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 231087523 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -44105019159790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 219048706136 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2535 (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 134617159961171 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33786196838 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39331872405	70.1% Very good	Read 116 Write 129 Mixed 124 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.19 45% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 107%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6520 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5596 (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 7143 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1783 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (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 437846041 (C2) HDA temperature 74 54 437846042 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 470118 (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	40.7% Average	Read 96 Write 45.8 Mixed 74.5 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 79 106205778 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 56 56 45149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 54 35113480080 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2389 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 35 589430819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 65 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 54 26697363 (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	40.6% Average	Read 71.2 Write 70 Mixed 67.5 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 43%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 939GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 50.1 Write 51 Mixed 41.8 61% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 44%
ST312002 2A 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 111GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 20.8 Write 21.4 Mixed 20.7 27% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.34 56% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 75%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,140 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	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x

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	171x

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	74x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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