MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	72.6% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 04:38
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$130 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 448 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 88.3 76% 96.2 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 199 198 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 491 Write 177 Mixed 193 SusWrite 197 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.6 113% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 78.2 91% 156 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 78%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 93GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 143 145 144 135 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 312 Write 209 Mixed 241 SusWrite 140 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 36.8 147% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 170 129% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 67GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 66 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 74 SusWrite 67.1 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.7 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 85%

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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%

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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 $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16