MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 16:42
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 61.6 1-Core 68.8 2-Core 127 50% 85.7 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 312 34% 268 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.9% Poor	Lighting 33.8 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 16.8 28% 27.1 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 34.5 29% 34.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: 00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 353 179 397 190 407 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 280 Write 306 Mixed 240 SusWrite 284 63% 278 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 21.7 68% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 66.4 115% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 613GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 154 153 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 156 Mixed 109 SusWrite 155 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.1% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.2 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,141 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	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	321x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	257x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	171x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $275	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