MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 17:15
Run Duration	590 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 655 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1653 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 55.5 56% 64.5 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 63.4 58% 72 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8318868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -128702989961743 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1098 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 864 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 22 42 55837327382 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8318868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8318868 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8318868 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12756 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9699 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9699 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4884	39.8% Below average	Read 187 Write 65 Mixed 86.4 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 12.6 89% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 63.7 DQ Write 57.3 DQ Mixed 18.4 25% 46.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 62%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 71200982 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 266040618 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -75479755256839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 219048706136 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 420675608 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2842 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 77309411352 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 23403276798690 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35535154931 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44010672596	78.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 138 Mixed 108 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 107%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6520 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10462 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1830 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 193 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 61 302972946 (C2) HDA temperature 83 54 336527377 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 345799 (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 99 99 853 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.3% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 107 Mixed 106 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 79 219790414 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 56 56 45296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 54 35115686003 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2436 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 35 404226072 (C2) HDA temperature 24 65 47244640280 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 54 76030168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.4% Average	Read 71.7 Write 68.7 Mixed 62.6 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 74.9 Write 70.1 Mixed 64.5 89% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.09 27% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 42%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 873GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 52.8 Write 57.5 Mixed 39.7 64% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 793GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 31.1 Mixed 32.7 43% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.15 77% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 44%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 459GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 36.6 97% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 44%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 1,445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 54GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 11.7 Mixed 15 22% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.39 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.64 68% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 10%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 26GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 38 Write 8.05 Mixed 16.2 21% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.08 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 1.31 117% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 18%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 4GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 110 Write 18.1 Mixed 21.3 45% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.38 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.16 41% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 75%

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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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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 $46

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