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MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

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Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.8% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	15.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	18.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 14:50
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$166 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 239 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 600 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$200 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 84% 105 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 97.5 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 165 161 160 162 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 351 Write 156 Mixed 206 SusWrite 163 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 34.2 134% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 198 170% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$54 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 196 189 213 217 219 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 110 Write 160 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 204 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 17.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 78%

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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 2,284 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) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $90Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	576x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	342x
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	286x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	339x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	238x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	106x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	59x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	148x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	83x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $36Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	70x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $631

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $340