MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.7% 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	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '16 at 23:26
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 395 48% 371 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 18 Parallax 21.2 20% 21 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 17.8 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blaze 240GB-$50 1,382 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3605 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 682 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (AA) Unknown 100 100 743 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6160521 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4858	43.7% Average	Read 490 Write 7.59 Mixed 252 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 5.05 69% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 62.2 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 19.1 38% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 536GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 221 8608 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3332 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3209 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3332 (C2) HDA temperature 115 93 35 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 86 Mixed 89.3 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.38 115% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 106GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 233 226 8333 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3334 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3209 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3323 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 38 (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	56.1% Above average	Read 111 Write 83.9 Mixed 58.2 63% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 24.9 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 85%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	88x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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