MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7994
Motherboard	MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 21:44
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 463 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 184 Parallax 181 133% 176 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 166 Splatting 121 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1872 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 29 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 47 227634315294 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7756601186 (F7) Unknown 100 100 243140412 (F8) Unknown 100 100 81835166 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	74.3% Very good	Read 478 Write 327 Mixed 307 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 13.4 91% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 13.4 62% 139 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 144 144 21493055736 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 57 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 154620067871 (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 200 200 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 179 Mixed 172 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.2 107% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	127x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	57x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	70x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	43x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	35x

SSD
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	27x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	11x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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