MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '18 at 22:10
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	79.1% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 426 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 67.2 64% 74.3 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 73 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 469 Mixed 360 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.6 216% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 315 238% 320 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Im3d L06B 480GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 363GB free Firmware: R0314B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 407 411 433 434 431 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 392 Mixed 344 SusWrite 417 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 21.1 125% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 25.1 72% 148 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 91%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 38GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 114 114 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 99 Write 48.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 113 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 190GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 97 Write 90.2 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 83.2 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 91%

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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 2,150 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 $90Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16