MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '19 at 21:38
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 (34^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 210 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 560 58% 469 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 110 Parallax 104 92% 109 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 78.8 82% 103 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 147 143 143 138 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 477 Mixed 360 SusWrite 170 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.4 204% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 352 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 355GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 124 129 127 129 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 149 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 127 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 04CD F4-2133C15-8GIS 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.7% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 10.5 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 9.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 77%

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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 2,149 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	260x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

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 $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16