MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.6% 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	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150717
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 20:05
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 83 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 195 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 297 38% 285 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 49.5 Parallax 58 35% 50.2 fps	MRender 48.8 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 37.2 34% 41.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 147 100 1171 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1357 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1409 (A9) Unknown 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1384 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 249108103211 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 46 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 298575 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4842 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7035	77.3% Very good	Read 478 Write 412 Mixed 445 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 5.49 95% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 27.1 59% 113 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 15GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41684034 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1831 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 100585652 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2767 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 100 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 554893344 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 20 41684034 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74758200742329 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1920521007 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2771250027	47.4% Average	Read 82 Write 83.2 Mixed 69.3 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.1 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 10 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 44%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: MSI B150A GAMING PRO (MS-7978)

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	91x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	88x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	19x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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