MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	229% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '20 at 19:14
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 366 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.3 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.9% Average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 74.9 40% 63.1 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 58.5 Splatting 53.3 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 640 497 497 493 491 503 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,232 Write 955 Mixed 138 SusWrite 520 209% 961 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 71.2 236% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,047 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 388 388% 640 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 253GB free Firmware: KC65 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 110 112 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 98.2 Write 98.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 112 67% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 1x8GB 1,398 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.8% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 10.1 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Jet ski

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	88x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16