MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 18:21
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 575 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1613 MHz, MLim: 1982 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 78.1 61% 76.7 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 70 Splatting 61.3 57% 70.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 45395167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -63694364971133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 862 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 740 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 42 55837327383 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 45395167 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 45395167 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 45395167 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9469 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5877 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5877 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1880	37.5% Below average	Read 185 Write 53.1 Mixed 68.6 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 9.84 88% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 59.9 DQ Mixed 20.6 22% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 699GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82302744 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 52 201896539802 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8962 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1330 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BC) Unknown 100 96 51540459544 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 72 38 9543955578908 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 948 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16595 (C2) HDA temperature 28 62 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94119913326907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38963763720 (F2) Unknown 100 253 103375002684	82% Excellent	Read 148 Write 138 Mixed 143 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 113%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 421GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 8 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6530 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10462 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1596 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 193 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 403701784 (C2) HDA temperature 77 54 437256215 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5250848 (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 99 99 716 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	38.5% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 66.5 Mixed 70.3 52% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 79 86869631 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 57 57 44790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 79 54 35046363138 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2210 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 35 555155486 (C2) HDA temperature 30 65 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 54 176888386 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.8% Average	Read 69 Write 76.3 Mixed 69.1 54% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%
ST312002 2A 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 112GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 20.9 Write 21.5 Mixed 10 22% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.33 63% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 0420 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 74%

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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	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	138x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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