MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.9% 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	131% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 12:12
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 684 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.9% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 22.3 25% 28.4 fps	MRender 8.19 Gravity 27.5 Splatting 28.8 18% 21.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3413 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 945 (64) Unknown 100 100 1257152 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 100 253404184619 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 2 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4330 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3526 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5337 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1505	131% Outstanding	Read 1,071 Write 748 Mixed 774 192% 864 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 18.5 136% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 38.9 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 18.3 30% 56 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 159%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 78244548 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 23509165 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 29330331665282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 538574880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4018 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 85899345952 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -59777354825136 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11029135002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5001066195	101% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 163 Mixed 154 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.2 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
Samsung M2 Portable 500GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 31GB free, PID 60b3 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 42.3 Mixed 40.9 54% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.24 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 21%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 9GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 39.1 Mixed 21.4 41% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 42%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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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	322x
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 $160Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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