MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150907
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 12 '17 at 19:20
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 89.5
1-Core 112
2-Core 223
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 439
59% 442 Pts
64-Core 454
28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Lighting 151
Reflection 160
Parallax 152
123% 154 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 136
Splatting 115
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 112%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160
11GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
59.2% Above average
Read 493
Write 102
Mixed 151
54% 249 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 67.2
4K Mixed 11.4
98% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 106
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 38.6
52% 94 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 59.2%
Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
676GB free
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Read 171
Write 121
Mixed 128
105% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.96
4K Write 1.55
4K Mixed 0.31
103% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42.4% Average
MC Read 14.3
MC Write 15
MC Mixed 13.1
40% 14.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 13.7
SC Mixed 13.7
37% 12.8 GB/s
Latency 67.9
59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 499 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $521
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