MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 00:36
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 636 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 101 83% 105 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 96 Splatting 94.2 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 35 45 49 50 50 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 88%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 46GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 171 171 174 178 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 348 Write 210 Mixed 248 SusWrite 170 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 44.6 175% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 212 167% 235 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 135GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 214 210 215 206 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 277 Mixed 278 SusWrite 205 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43.3 166% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 133 132% 212 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 891GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 76 76 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 89 Write 89.7 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 76.2 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 635GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 83 85 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 98.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 83.5 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 57%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 242GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 81 80 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 87.5 Write 84.3 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 79.7 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x8GB 3,576 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 99%

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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 2,161 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	549x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	262x

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	173x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16