MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 21:52
Run Duration	445 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (42^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 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 654 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th 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 1025 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (64) Unknown 100 100 601280 (65) Unknown 100 100 71136 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 354 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 609 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 180389675040 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1092 (EA) Unknown 100 100 409 (F1) Unknown 100 100 798 (F2) Unknown 100 100 437 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 466 Write 192 Mixed 194 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 10.5 80% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 27.4 52% 107 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 82%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 436GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 127 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1488 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1628 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 122 122 234027 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 147 Write 149 Mixed 7.83 73% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.23 117% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 79%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 175GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 188 184 3591 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3787 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 249247 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 29 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.8% Average	Read 72.3 Write 69.8 Mixed 8.64 36% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 54%
50 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2TB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	2.26% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 2.83 Mixed 4.56 6% 6.02 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.008 2% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.26% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 4x4GB 855 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 104%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,151 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	548x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $290	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