MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 20:56
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

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 i5-6400-$70 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 200 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 331 40% 306 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 18.1 Parallax 20.7 20% 20.9 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 17.9 18% 21.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST6000AS0002-1N917X 6TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 3.5TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102079056 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 437 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8710209365 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 434 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 1408770769228 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538116128 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 59 59 83377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87178 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 102079056 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -57449482547689 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63809940077 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37230459615	16% Very poor	Read 129 Write 134 Mixed 79.9 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 0.81 9% 4.63 MB/s	DQ Read 2.95 DQ Write 6.75 DQ Mixed 1.24 2% 3.65 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 19%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 158GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (64) Unknown 100 100 564544 (65) Unknown 100 100 248576 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 83 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2696 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 158915035163 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 519 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 519 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1024 (EA) Unknown 100 100 961 (F1) Unknown 100 100 977 (F2) Unknown 100 100 700 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 519	64.8% Good	Read 469 Write 258 Mixed 262 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 11.1 76% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 29.8 65% 137 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 92%
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 581 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 143 (A3) Unknown 100 100 27 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13241 (A5) Unknown 100 100 36 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 31 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 461 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 170156 (F2) Unknown 100 100 353777 (F5) Unknown 100 100 105928	74.3% Very good	Read 480 Write 256 Mixed 271 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 25.1 103% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 48.3 72% 140 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 99%
SiImage 120GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 31GB free Firmware: 0000 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 383 Write 137 Mixed 187 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 17.8 89% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 51.5 76% 145 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 65%
H/W RAID 1 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.6% Average	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 56.7 118% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.22 68% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C13D4/4GX KHX2133C13D4/4GX KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 24.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 78%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $560

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16