MSI MS-B901

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.2% 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	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-B90111
Motherboard	MSI MS-B901 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160728
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 18:30
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 169 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 274 33% 255 Pts	64-Core 301 19% 301 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 105 89% 108 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 92.8 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GMTS800 256GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.R Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 475 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131087 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 45 27 313534119991 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 286 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 595 (F2) Unknown 100 100 415 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 15 (F6) Unknown 100 100 166272	76.1% Very good	Read 506 Write 250 Mixed 405 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 13.3 101% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 56.2 100% 194 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 631GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 58 (C2) HDA temperature 90 83 53 (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	99.3% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 163 Mixed 160 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.33 140% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 76%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 51%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI MS-B901

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	177x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	114x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	111x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	73x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	26x

SSD
RBU-SNS8152S3256GG5 256GBKingstonBench 79%, 7,907 samples	43x
RBU-SNS8152S3128GG2 128GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,315 samples	20x
MTS800 M.2 128GBTranscend $126Bench 69%, 5,326 samples	20x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	110x
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	31x
MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 20,148 samples	22x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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