MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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. 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	4098 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 203 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 322 44% 325 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 74.5 67% 78.7 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 71 Splatting 70.3 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FCCT240M500SSD1 240GB 298 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 113GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 831 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 55 193273528356 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1678933295 (F7) Unknown 100 100 52686814 (F8) Unknown 100 100 28562763	86% Excellent	Read 498 Write 257 Mixed 339 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 28 126% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 53.1 101% 203 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 90%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 628 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3139680273272 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 35 279172874290 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1271317266728 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 891 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4163 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2386 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1360 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.4% Average	Read 388 Write 22.6 Mixed 179 42% 197 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 2.14 83% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 7.23 55% 124 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 78%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 87 (03) Spinup time 125 125 42982310385 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19966 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 320 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 599 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 599 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 249109413922 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60% Good	Read 101 Write 109 Mixed 83.9 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC97 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160779472 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10828096 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (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 68 50 538378272 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2107 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 12 160779472 (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 48833778156912 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3738315801 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2468458816	38.6% Below average	Read 77.6 Write 57.2 Mixed 57.7 48% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.24 54% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 103%

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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	549x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	326x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	262x

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	173x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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