MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	80.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 16:08
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 453 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0517) CLim: 1403 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 94 58% 76.4 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 48 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD512HAGM-000L1 512GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT05L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 155 253 278 266 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 437 Write 180 Mixed 153 SusWrite 231 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 28.1 131% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 69.5 92% 170 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 630GB free Firmware: AX001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 99.4 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 98.6 62% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

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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 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 $130Bench 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	55x
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 $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