MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics3.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180705
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 21 '21 at 14:35
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 84.4
1-Core 124
2-Core 241
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 458
62% 461 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
MSI(1462 7978) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
3.25% Terrible
Lighting 5.9
Reflection 6.2
Parallax 7
5% 6.37 fps
MRender 0.3
Gravity 0.3
Splatting 0.2
0% 0.27 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.25%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW256G8L 256GB
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: LHFL03C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 245 263 261 260 261 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 452
Write 394
Mixed 408
SusWrite 259
85% 378 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 62.9
216% 75.4 MB/s
DQ Read 311
DQ Write 263
DQ Mixed 197
172% 257 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 114%
Great: 114%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98
2TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 160 164 168 166 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
92.9% Outstanding
Read 162
Write 158
Mixed 75.6
SusWrite 162
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 92.9%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.M8FB 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
73.9% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 22.2
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 22
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,149 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $508
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HDDRAMUSB
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