MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 23:38
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 464 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 1324) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Lighting 93.3 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 0.09 76% 59.3 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 76.7 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 19 48 36 36 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 354 Write 62.7 Mixed 102 SusWrite 37.5 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 7.1 59% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 28.9 DQ Mixed 10.5 23% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 246GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 88 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 107 Write 99.8 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 88.4 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 109%
Seagate ST2000VM002-9UY166 2TB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2TB free Firmware: SC01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 132 136 137 136 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 134 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 136 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 852GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 84 86 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 86 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 KHX2133C14D4/4G 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 78%

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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 $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 $109Bench 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 $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