MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 13:00
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 236 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 687 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 66.7 64% 74.3 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 74.8 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 43GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6017564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -41953240530768 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1851 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 220 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 65 55838834714 (C2) HDA temperature 26 65 55838834714 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6017564 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6017564 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6017564 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10408 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3857 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3857 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4669	58.4% Above average	Read 456 Write 73.3 Mixed 128 47% 219 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 13.8 111% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 29.2 38% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 678GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 935 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3600 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	97.4% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 153 Mixed 140 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.27 113% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 3,454 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 39GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 86.1 Mixed 64.8 96% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 44%

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 below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 80%

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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	546x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

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	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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