MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6320-$165 1,734 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 196 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 280 36% 270 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 25.5 22% 22.5 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 21.6 Splatting 19.3 15% 17.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
MDT MD2500AAJS-00B4A0 250GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 188GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 196 1150 (03) Spinup time 157 154 3141 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8660 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1150 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 408 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8660 (C2) HDA temperature 96 76 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 197 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.7% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 84.2 Mixed 77.4 64% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 37 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 66 9584 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4555 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26697 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 675 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 36 283468628013 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 52 1 25580 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2144 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4630	74.2% Very good	Read 125 Write 133 Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.41 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$39 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.4% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	92x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	90x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x

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 $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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Value: 68% - Good

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