MSI B150M PRO-VD (MS-7996)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7996
Motherboard	MSI B150M PRO-VD (MS-7996) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '16 at 19:34
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 657 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 43 Parallax 38 36% 41.9 fps	MRender 39.9 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 34.6 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 997 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 508 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8153309930	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 407 Mixed 413 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 44.4 176% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 105 134% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 52GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3864 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1381 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C2) HDA temperature 76 64 154619412504 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 448 Mixed 481 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41 137% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 164 164% 263 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 274GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5428 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3475 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5394 (C2) HDA temperature 121 104 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 84 Write 73.6 Mixed 84.8 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 135GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 6116 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5498 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2810 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5499 (C2) HDA temperature 125 106 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.9% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 49.9 Mixed 57.2 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.36 91% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VD (MS-7996)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	153x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	91x
Core i3-6100Intel $40Bench 55%, 110,166 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	35x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	29x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	14x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	11x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	10x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $289

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 $179	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