MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '16 at 02:29
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i5-6500-$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)	81% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 416 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.2 38% 43.1 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 119 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 12242 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28076 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21855 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24484	65.9% Good	Read 484 Write 219 Mixed 245 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 52 4K Mixed 16.8 107% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 50.7 DQ Mixed 51 37% 47.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 310GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145333882 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3649 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 208880867 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3448 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 99 62 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 40 2723447177242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 155 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 92123 (C2) HDA temperature 26 60 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 36 145333882 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	29.7% Poor	Read 71.5 Write 31.9 Mixed 65.1 43% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.28 65% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 43%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 10GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1396 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 777 (0A) Spinup retry count 108 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4815 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 249109086238 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 460 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 265 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	37% Below average	Read 70.9 Write 58.1 Mixed 74.4 51% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 62%
USB DISK 2.0 32GB 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 21GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 24.4 Write 12.2 Mixed 15.6 20% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.19 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.71 82% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 11%
SanDisk Ultra USB 2.0 16GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 556c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 21.4 Write 7.66 Mixed 10.6 14% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.36 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.94 111% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 44%

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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 $81Bench 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 $300	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