MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% 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	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 22:58
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 203 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 392 55% 405 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 45.7 Parallax 40.6 40% 45.1 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.8 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8294623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 43439299235484 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1185 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 34 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 40 51542229020 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 51542229020 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8294623 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8294623 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8294623 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9551 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7025 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7025 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5688 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6094934	56.2% Above average	Read 437 Write 119 Mixed 161 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 13.8 94% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 75.3 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 29.8 41% 72.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 703GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 183537752 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9283644 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1181 (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 60 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31619 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47244640283 (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 -119099443116360 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9266876731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 228098447973	107% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 181 Mixed 175 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 1,377 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 81%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	356x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	168x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	106x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	77x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	50x

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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