MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 23:11
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 458 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 69.1 61% 75.4 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 76.1 60% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 456 Write 211 Mixed 260 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 16.1 103% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 64.1 76% 130 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$64 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 864GB free Firmware: CC26 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 118 Write 102 Mixed 121 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.15 44% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	260x

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	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

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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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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16