MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.8% 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	99.2% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 03:00
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 686 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6188) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 119 103% 129 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 125 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7978) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.46% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 7.38 7% 8.84 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 15.6 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.46% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BP5 480GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 432 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 112	99.2% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 482 Mixed 506 112% 504 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 14.8 122% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 64.5 118% 231 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226267840 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38618213 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2920 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 125025452060 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 31 31 138079 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23557895613750 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10084930392 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10678199677	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 189 Mixed 154 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99959888 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12828488 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2936 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 580275208219 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30277 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31074088387967 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4602059136 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6403410598	100% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 164 Mixed 156 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.26 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 667GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6374 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3149 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6209 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.3% Good	Read 129 Write 80.9 Mixed 84.8 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.3% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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