MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '19 at 23:58
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 200 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 601 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 104 Parallax 98.7 84% 102 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 91 Splatting 90.4 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 394 Write 126 Mixed 186 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 34.3 142% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 126 95% 128 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 119GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 95 97 95 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 138 Write 131 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 100 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 121 120 116 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 110 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 119 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 74%
General UDisk 16GB 4,718 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 12GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.9 10 10 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 11 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 10.1 13% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 9%
WD Elements 25A3 3TB 1,766 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 821GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 94 94 94 95 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 126 Write 131 Mixed 112 SusWrite 94.3 156% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 124% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 21.6 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 85%

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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%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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