MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	35.2% 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	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150906
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 22:18
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	Memory 47 1-Core 25.4 2-Core 49.7 27% 40.7 Pts	4-Core 92.2 8-Core 129 14% 111 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 39.1 37% 42.8 fps	MRender 40.6 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 36.2 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126KB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (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 100 100 516 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1143 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44068 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 27 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 49366 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 91095 (F2) Unknown 100 100 103806 (F5) Unknown 100 100 176272	49.4% Average	Read 499 Write 155 Mixed 235 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 13.7 59% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 73.4 DQ Mixed 13.2 20% 36.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 762GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 184502363 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32550315 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1139 (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 62 55 638910502 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1397 (C2) HDA temperature 38 15 64424509478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 184502363 (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 44796508899545 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1549398318 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19052598571	90.3% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 159 Mixed 143 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-025.A00G 2x4GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 18.2 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.8 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 76%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	329x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	272x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	104x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	141x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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