MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	98.5% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7994
Motherboard	MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 13:15
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 404 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 8A96) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 8% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4412 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 25 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5319833755	98.5% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 399 Mixed 410 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 24.8 141% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 105 128% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 124%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 25GB free Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12088 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 388 (A9) Unknown 100 100 215 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 247 (AE) Unknown 100 100 245 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 104 446677581856 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2071 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32084 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14899 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11983 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	78.7% Very good	Read 413 Write 275 Mixed 314 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 21.3 123% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 46.2 80% 157 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 89%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 770 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 438876 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 110 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.13 33% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR2 2x8GB 1,457 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 86%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M GAMING PRO (MS-7994)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	127x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	57x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	70x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	43x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	35x

SSD
750 EVO 250GBSamsung $55Bench 94%, 75,831 samples	27x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	11x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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