MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.7% 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	72.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 10 '18 at 15:54
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	94%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (96^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 89 2-Core 211 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 360 46% 349 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2959) 2GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 36.2 Parallax 32.9 32% 36 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 34.9 Splatting 34.9 29% 35.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 387GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8735 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1085 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C2) HDA temperature 70 65 150324772894 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8552	75.9% Very good	Read 503 Write 333 Mixed 337 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 9.8 83% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 45.7 94% 194 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 101%
Fastdisk 30G 30GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 28GB free Firmware: 20151204 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4191 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1599 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 172030 (A5) Unknown 100 100 366 (A6) Unknown 100 100 316 (A7) Unknown 100 100 339 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11846 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12775 (F5) Unknown 100 100 285941	39.7% Below average	Read 318 Write 84.1 Mixed 132 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 2.72 66% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 95.6 DQ Write 82.6 DQ Mixed 16.2 32% 64.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 40%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12067 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1571 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 129 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3997811 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13849	72.9% Very good	Read 501 Write 282 Mixed 304 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 9.97 87% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 43.4 88% 182 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 25.2 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

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	89x
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 $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16