MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	35.7% 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	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 09 '17 at 10:34
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Memory 39.6 1-Core 23.6 2-Core 39.6 23% 34.3 Pts	4-Core 53.5 8-Core 68 8% 60.8 Pts	64-Core 66.8 4% 66.8 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 39.3 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 35.4 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	2.4% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 3.73 Parallax 2.38 2% 2.86 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 2.13 Splatting 5.09 3% 3.69 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16243251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 89713276882282 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1147 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 256 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 33 34361901085 (C2) HDA temperature 29 33 34361901085 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16243251 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16243251 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16243251 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8645 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6708 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6708 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5641 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5308493	33.3% Below average	Read 223 Write 105 Mixed 152 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 8.56 50% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 73.9 DQ Write 71.8 DQ Mixed 28.9 34% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 73%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 172 166 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 392 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 289 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 137 Write 143 Mixed 144 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C13D4/4GX KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C13D4/4GX 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 3.8 12% 4.2 GB/s	Latency 204 20% 204 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	548x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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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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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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