MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	81.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	22.8 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 18:06
Run Duration	446 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 195 79% 134 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 623 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.8 92% 109 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 18128 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 493 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6829 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124276 (A8) Unknown 100 100 58233067 (AA) Unknown 0 0 2117418877239 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15933748 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 557056243 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 18128 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 123188 (C2) HDA temperature 68 48 223339282464 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 493 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 306781 (DA) Unknown 100 100 306781 (E7) Temperature 100 100 73 (E9) Unknown 100 100 29741 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40883 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11301 (F4) Unknown 100 100 243 (F5) Unknown 100 100 8500 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16323200	81.7% Excellent	Read 513 Write 306 Mixed 305 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 13.1 108% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 62.2 101% 198 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 63GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897222845 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1205 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2108 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684576800 (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 200 200 499	99.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 177 Mixed 102 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 107%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power16G 16GB 188 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 0GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	4.12% Terrible	Read 17.1 Write 2.19 Mixed 3.88 7% 7.73 MB/s	4K Read 4.84 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.01 18% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.12% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 99%

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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	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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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) $32	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