MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). 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	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 18:14
Run Duration	314 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 97 2-Core 194 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 384 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.8% 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: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.5 Reflection 18 Parallax 21.3 19% 20.9 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 0.07 Splatting 0.13 6% 8.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST6000AS0002-1N917X 6TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 3TB 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 109 99 23289808 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 34545571386 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 876 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 1434540966227 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 555024416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 1 1 247354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 258063 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 99 23289808 (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 42283953035421 (F1) Unknown 100 253 81667875604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 233382443661	16.3% Very poor	Read 95.5 Write 160 Mixed 103 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 0.81 9% 4.61 MB/s	DQ Read 3.89 DQ Write 3.48 DQ Mixed 0.63 1% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 19%
Sandisk SD8SBBU240G1122 240GB 2,683 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 180GB free Firmware: Z3107000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3018 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 819 (A5) Unknown 100 100 292114923732 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 138 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 38 266287972394 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 300651118662 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 878 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1728 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1293 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6486 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.8% Good	Read 493 Write 354 Mixed 240 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 3.97 66% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 6.12 49% 112 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 66%
SiImage 120GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0000 Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 321 Write 90.7 Mixed 114 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 11.7 62% 23.2 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 38.8 56% 106 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 65%
SC2 M2 SSD 64GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 22GB free Firmware: S9FM01.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 934 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 31 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3080202 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 8 (F1) Unknown 100 100 453275	56.9% Above average	Read 444 Write 170 Mixed 223 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 5.91 82% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 0.73 36% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 57%
H/W RAID 1 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1.5TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.3% Good	Read 157 Write 150 Mixed 70 152% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.18 61% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.3% 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 below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 96.5 42% 96.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 78%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16