MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.4% 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	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 19:57
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	29%

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 i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 461 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 60.8 40% 47.3 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 40.8 33% 39.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5730389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 95279554495693 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 591 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 90 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 56 81608048673 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 81608048673 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5730389 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5730389 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5730389 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 73014444032 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19286 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22164 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22164 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4082 (F4) Unknown 95 95 13369496	60.2% Good	Read 411 Write 136 Mixed 146 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 14.5 112% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 12.8 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 8.2 26% 53.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 41GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 146 5358 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3039 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3037 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 31 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.6% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 60.2 Mixed 63.9 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 69%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$22 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 9GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 11.6 Mixed 9.32 20% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.76 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.14 33% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2133 2OZ 2x4GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 76%

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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 $129Bench 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	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 $275	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