MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	203% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). 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	21.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '19 at 19:06
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 below expectations (18^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 68.9 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 192 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 532 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.33% Terrible	Lighting 7.83 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 7.72 6% 8.9 fps	MRender 9.86 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 15.3 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.33% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 122 Parallax 121 68% 109 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 115 Splatting 98.4 83% 102 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 875 653 611 587 567 557 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,935 Write 1725 Mixed 1,232 SusWrite 642 309% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 58.4 190% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 560 DQ Mixed 633 471% 625 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 340%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 173GB free Firmware: 2.30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 191 200 194 203 200 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 337 Write 248 Mixed 260 SusWrite 194 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 31.8 112% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 149 142% 222 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 91%
Transcend TS1TSSD420I 1TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 554GB free Firmware: O0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 381 391 396 392 398 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 421 Write 411 Mixed 296 SusWrite 392 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 31.3 109% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 193 166% 243 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 400GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 140 141 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 155 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 141 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 110 111 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 103 Write 85 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 109 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.4% 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	548x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
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 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16