MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	32.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 15:19
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (94^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 108 2-Core 227 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 586 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.7% 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: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 61.1 51% 62.4 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 54.7 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.2a 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 110 110 27637410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -84911503412316 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 999 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 822 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 55837327392 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27637410 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27637410 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27637410 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11062 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7252 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7252 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3238	32.9% Below average	Read 180 Write 61.9 Mixed 85.1 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 9.49 67% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 58.3 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 20.3 26% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 62%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 0 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 150318234 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -4423816312398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 219046674489 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 606142500 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2278 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 81604378660 (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 92831423138051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24592875971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24921911716	76.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 113 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.11 33% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 146GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 79 81070453 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 44943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 54 35102373072 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2339 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 35 706936874 (C2) HDA temperature 42 65 47244640298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 54 151575076 (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	32% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 56.1 Mixed 36.2 37% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 1% 0.009 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 43%
StoreJet Transcend 500GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 22GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 49 Write 52.8 Mixed 45.9 64% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.32 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 04CB 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 75%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,150 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	547x
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 $80Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16