MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.8% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 01:55
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 460 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.6 84% 104 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 99.7 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7724 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1627828912671 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 32 292057776179 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 777395962037 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3516 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10188 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5102 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7831 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.3% Very good	Read 492 Write 421 Mixed 243 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 0.04 70% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 4.4 43% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 142578472 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 430468 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 288 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 51 724107307 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7305 (C2) HDA temperature 43 49 42949673003 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116951959469322 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1654787902 (F2) Unknown 100 253 883351414	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 179 Mixed 131 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.63 199% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW-SM/xD 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 3GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 90.5 Write 68 Mixed 62.9 90% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.29 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 2.23 204% 4.76 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 85%

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Gaming 46%

Yacht

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	92x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	89x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	78x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	36x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $511

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16