MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 07:57
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 170 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 638 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2189 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 87% 112 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 108 Splatting 104 86% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 314 289 318 282 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 381 Write 317 Mixed 197 SusWrite 297 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 25.1 110% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 150 140% 214 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 104%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 774GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 449 460 464 460 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 428 Mixed 387 SusWrite 455 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.8 174% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 290 238% 338 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB DDR4 3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB DDR4 3200 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 82%

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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%

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 $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 $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