MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.7% 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	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 00:31
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 166 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 595 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 104% 129 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 122 Splatting 101 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15863065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 109650515072454 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1664 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 320 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 49 34362949661 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 34362949661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15863065 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15863065 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15863065 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27798 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23085 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23085 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8585 (F4) Unknown 93 93 15007964	54.9% Above average	Read 434 Write 124 Mixed 160 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 11.3 94% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 9.89 26% 51 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 73%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 568GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 181 166 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1012 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.3% Good	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 105 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 86%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 32GB-$5 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 125 Write 43.2 Mixed 65.7 86% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.74 76% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C13D4/4GX KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C13D4/4GX 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 13.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	548x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16