MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 04:03
Run Duration	89 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$59 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 433 59% 437 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207006944 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 592211323 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 8081 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4195943256 (B7) Unknown 1 1 601 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885229573 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 163 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26279 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 73014444065 (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	85.3% Excellent	Read 135 Write 163 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.25 67% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 490GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896764087 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1244 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167504511007 (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	90% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 144 Mixed 147 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C14 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 42%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,186 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 $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	327x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	270x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	227x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	104x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	141x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $501

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