MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	39.9% 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	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 03:32
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.6% Below average	Memory 46.7 1-Core 24.5 2-Core 46.2 26% 39.1 Pts	4-Core 82.2 8-Core 104 12% 93.1 Pts	64-Core 107 7% 107 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.9% Below average	Lighting 36 Reflection 56.3 Parallax 79.3 29% 57.2 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 74.3 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 1584892552810 (05) Reallocated sector count 58 58 208 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -37701222907697 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 47 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 13551 (BD) vendor-specific 24 37 68721901592 (C2) HDA temperature 24 37 68721901592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 49620586 (C4) Reallocation count 58 58 208 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 49620586 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 49620586 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 32 32 206158430209 (E9) Unknown 0 0 106231 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10008 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10008 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9736 (F4) Unknown 93 93 15597806	51.2% Above average	Read 495 Write 223 Mixed 268 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 21.4 4K Mixed 12.5 49% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 95.7 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 27 31% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 111GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 133 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 110 110 270671 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 26 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 88 88 8834 (F1) Unknown 200 200 28921737564 (F2) Unknown 200 200 74357047760	76% Very good	Read 127 Write 138 Mixed 106 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.31 102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 19.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 173 23% 173 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 113%

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

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 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	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
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	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

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 $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 $184	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