MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 19:15
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 204 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 397 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 188 100 2236 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1049 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1100 (A9) Unknown 100 100 13 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1080 (AE) Unknown 100 100 171 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 231928234020 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 36 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 123123 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4974 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3470	78.4% Very good	Read 384 Write 406 Mixed 418 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 4.63 98% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 26.4 84% 180 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 162 162 17196777683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1004 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1004 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1005 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1005 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 171799805987 (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	98.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 167 Mixed 157 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 16GB free Firmware: JE3OA60A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 192 192 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1267 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 111711 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 193274314781 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	27.3% Poor	Read 55.7 Write 39.3 Mixed 32.6 32% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.15 48% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%

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Typical B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 1,151 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	358x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	168x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	107x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	78x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	51x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $333

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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