MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.4% 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	87.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 00:05
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 683 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3070) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 89.6 60% 74.9 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 81 57% 68.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10464 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1058 (B1) Unknown 92 92 88 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 42 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51983834968	87.2% Excellent	Read 504 Write 348 Mixed 345 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 22.9 136% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 21.5 50% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 63GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3949608 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -131546258335898 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 52 25773211681 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 25773211681 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3949608 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3949608 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3949608 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3514 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1343 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1343 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1699 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1900572	62.3% Good	Read 506 Write 99.4 Mixed 148 54% 251 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 10.4 112% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 85.9 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 25.5 40% 75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 70356304 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 50 48 3685166542563 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1554 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 61 44 554773512231 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78916 (C2) HDA temperature 39 56 21474836519 (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 -70093866260719 (F1) Unknown 100 253 79565572537435 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -137591689973784	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 186 Mixed 163 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.37 115% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239061712 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8752119454 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1231 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 638713890 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21784 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 8589934626 (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 -91087666401711 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23818244138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18454731996	66.7% Good	Read 94.7 Write 136 Mixed 79 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 7.57 4K Mixed 0.56 233% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,803 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 79%

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Gaming 46%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	76x

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 $109Bench 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 $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