MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160516
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '20 at 19:27
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 654 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 104 Parallax 104 87% 105 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 104 69 93 111 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 117 Write 132 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 97.5 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 96%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 88GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 36 Write 39.3 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 41.5 52% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 Micron CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR11 1315 CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.2% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,194 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 $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	558x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	329x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	272x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	229x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	175x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	104x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	141x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	79x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353