MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	35% 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	68.4% 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	13.5 Days
Run Date	May 27 '21 at 23:06
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Memory 45.5 1-Core 86.7 2-Core 190 56% 107 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 299 38% 290 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 55.7 36% 48.4 fps	MRender 46.1 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 32.3 32% 40.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 167 3.4 67 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 375 Write 405 Mixed 318 SusWrite 118 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 27.4 107% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 202 180% 271 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 209GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 68 64 59 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 83.6 Write 117 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 63.1 62% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 16 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 178 22% 178 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 2,143 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	546x
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	316x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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