MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.5% 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	108% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 15:11
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 204 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 620 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2951) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 37.9 Parallax 30.1 27% 33.7 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 29.3 26% 31.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 306 280 278 281 282 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 424 Mixed 364 SusWrite 309 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 53.3 174% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 102 139 142 141 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 110 Write 183 Mixed 72 SusWrite 118 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.4 281% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 110%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 189 195 192 192 197 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
Rsh-319 ASM1153E 1.5TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 110 110 107 104 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 126 Write 64.6 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 107 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 105 104 106 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 109 Write 68 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 104 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 2x16GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 77%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $521

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16