MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '19 at 13:21
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 423 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 337.50 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 5.08 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.29 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 4.53 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.59 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 66 68 67 71 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 118 Write 73.5 Mixed 100 SusWrite 68.2 20% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 21.3 97% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 63.1 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 69.5 55% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 121 120 122 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 63 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 121 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 72%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 713GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 88.8 Write 55.8 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 80.5 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 59%
Samsung HD400LJ 400GB-$85 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 277GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 68 68 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	39% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 71.5 Mixed 45 SusWrite 68.6 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IR2133D464L15S/8G 2x8GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 78%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,145 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	547x
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	317x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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