MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 09:11
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 423 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 5.81 5% 6.73 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 5.43 Splatting 11.9 7% 7.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 90% 111 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 107 Splatting 90.2 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 140 128 137 144 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 453 Write 92.5 Mixed 368 SusWrite 148 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 37.9 117% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 301 206% 252 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 95%
Seagate M3 Portable 1TB 5,295 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 229GB free Firmware: 1306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 40 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 38 Write 33.8 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 40.6 26% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 859B BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FD 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.2% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 41%

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

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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 $129Bench 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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Total price: $333

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