MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161102
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 05:43
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 258 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 748 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7989 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.28 6% 9.25 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 15.9 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 7%
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 182 Parallax 155 133% 167 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 133 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 90 85 80 74 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 469 Write 128 Mixed 168 SusWrite 83.2 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 36.3 151% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 127 131% 221 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 129%
Hitachi HUS726060AL4214 6TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 156GB free Firmware: C7JS SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 114 116 118 119 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 109 Write 120 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 117 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 77%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$37 7,860 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 280GB free Firmware: A840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 106 111 108 111 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 86.1 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 109 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Portable 5TB 3,819 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 117 115 116 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 85.6 Write 113 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 115 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 175% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 2,791 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 84%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,161 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	549x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	262x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	173x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16