MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 00:33
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 657 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 154 Parallax 137 105% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 121 133 108 100 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 301 Write 194 Mixed 242 SusWrite 118 48% 213 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.2 163% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 153 119% 163 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 292 292 291 291 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 428 Mixed 366 SusWrite 308 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.2 233% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 278 206% 272 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 123GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 94 95 94 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 67.3 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 94.9 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 113%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 166 166 165 166 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 174 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 165 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.8 211% 2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 80%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 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	547x
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	317x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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