MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33% 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	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 15:03
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 253 51% 348 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 43 34% 39.1 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 37.6 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU700 120GB 3,283 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: B170206b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 332 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 12887195657 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 62 171800461350 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2276030848 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1147007074304 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1934088936 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1959953286	45.8% Average	Read 514 Write 39.7 Mixed 85.2 45% 213 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 7.78 66% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 6.33 30% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 226GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 63 7833901 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 287 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9518993 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 538443808 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 288 (C2) HDA temperature 32 17 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 7833901 (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 -44886703210151 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2758884196 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5954094254	60.6% Good	Read 94.6 Write 116 Mixed 109 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.7% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 9.8 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.7 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 42%

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

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,158 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	549x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16