MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 22:20
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 419 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 92% 115 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 249 100 1017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1348 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2126 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2178 (A9) Unknown 100 100 19 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2148 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 219043332139 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 72 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 223178 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5149 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8136	74.2% Very good	Read 500 Write 399 Mixed 442 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 5.33 86% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 27.8 53% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 78%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 490GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896895154 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1246 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1793 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 908 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1246 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 167504511009 (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	96% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 136 Mixed 176 129% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C14 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.4% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 10.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.2 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 42%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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