MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.3% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '17 at 09:28
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700-$285 59,890 User benchmarks, average bench 79% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	70% Good	SC Int 83 SC Float 100 SC Mixed 83.9 71% 89.1 Pts	QC Int 326 QC Float 365 QC Mixed 359 79% 350 Pts	MC Int 520 MC Float 622 MC Mixed 607 87% 583 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$370 246,752 User benchmarks, average bench 64% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 207 Reflection 181 Parallax 199 63% 196 fps	MRender 155 Gravity 192 Splatting 124 68% 157 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$73 41,865 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 127 100 2431 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (A6) Unknown 100 100 63 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 114 (A9) Unknown 100 100 34 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 96 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 176093659170 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19508 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10751 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10355	72.3% Very good	Read 500 Write 357 Mixed 406 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 4.12 89% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 94.7 DQ Mixed 20.8 46% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$55 364,417 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 216GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171096384 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 579 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25011042 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (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 74 65 470810650 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33524 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 30064771098 (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 112996294595294 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11302503157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 126370371840	83.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 138 Mixed 127 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.14 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 4GB 384 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 556b, Sandisk Cruzer Edge Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 19.1 Write 4.57 Mixed 6.09 10% 9.91 MB/s	4K Read 5.88 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 1.31 125% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$179 9,404 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $195Bench 74%, 56,101 samples	1,015x
Core i5-6600KIntel $222Bench 89%, 106,155 samples	510x
Core i5-6600Intel $204Bench 78%, 20,308 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 72%, 246,054 samples	670x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 262,129 samples	457x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 246,752 samples	355x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $90Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	349x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 47%, 117,422 samples	133x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $136Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	115x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $95Bench 71%, 16,662 samples	288x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $226Bench 72%, 16,346 samples	265x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 69%, 14,115 samples	193x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $870

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $90
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $136
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $176	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $193	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12