MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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	50.6% 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	44.5% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '19 at 17:57
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 205 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 397 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 8C95) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 60.6 Reflection 50.6 Parallax 57.8 49% 56.4 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 62.5 53% 65 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 38 41 35 43 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 442 Write 119 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 43.8 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 13.3 60% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 22.5 49% 101 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 78%
Sandisk U100 32GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 30GB free Firmware: 10.56.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 119 115 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 432 Write 111 Mixed 150 SusWrite 116 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 10.6 49% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 13.4 DQ Mixed 15.2 14% 20.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 41%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 73GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 80 83 89 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 67 Write 69.5 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 81.1 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 100GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 69 67 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 128 Write 130 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 67.7 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 85%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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