MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '19 at 17:59
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 220 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 687 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.50 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 77 Parallax 67.5 64% 74.4 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 73 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 120GB 3,551 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 113 109 110 107 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 449 Mixed 355 SusWrite 146 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.1 209% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 349 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 145GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 128 117 118 126 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 79.3 Write 91.1 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 122 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 77%
WD My Book 1142 2TB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 647GB free, PID 1142 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 55 54 54 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 53.7 Write 52.1 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 53.9 70% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 68% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 46%
WD My Book 1142 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 924GB free, PID 1142 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 114 115 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 113 148% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 48%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 8.5 6.1 13 7.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 131 Write 22.5 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 9.5 41% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 78% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 89%

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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	548x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
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 $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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16