MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.3% 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	47.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). 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	17.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 00:01
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 (95^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 194 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 375 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C5) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 32.8 Parallax 30.4 29% 32.9 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 32.1 27% 33.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22284147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79293686219192 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 36 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 52 25773211678 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 25773211678 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22284147 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22284147 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22284147 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294965620 (EA) Unknown 0 0 928 (F1) Unknown 0 0 928 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1092 (F4) Unknown 97 97 196739187	47.7% Average	Read 398 Write 99.7 Mixed 147 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 10.4 78% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 22.9 33% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 342GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2425 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2137 (C2) HDA temperature 115 89 28 (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 200 198 46 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 94.8 Mixed 17.9 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 69%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 42.1 Mixed 37.5 51% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 52%
Maxtor OneTouch III 40GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 37GB free, PID 7250 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.5% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 34.3 Mixed 9.3 31% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.3 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C15-8GVRB Kingston 9905625-029.A00G 04CD F4-3000C15-8GVRB 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.3% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns

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Desktop 79%

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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 $130Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $40	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