MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.9% 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	92.9% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 15:08
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 43 2-Core 154 55% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 430 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 84.7 56% 79.5 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 77 66% 80.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 120GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 490 Mixed 490 111% 494 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 29.4 107% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 94.4 105% 179 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 115%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free Firmware: Z320 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 496 Write 402 Mixed 231 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 5.05 70% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 61.6 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 0.04 26% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 788GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 95.3 Write 97.2 Mixed 57.5 104% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.37 77% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 KHX2133C14D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 78%

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

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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	321x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x

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	171x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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