MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '17 at 18:42
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 641 62% 509 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223274040 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 237154818 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 639631398 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2569 (C2) HDA temperature 38 55 55834574886 (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 37469294695145 (F1) Unknown 100 253 78662765283 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1842091816762	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 170 Mixed 165 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 887GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12897026230 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2179 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10271 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 223339282468 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	99.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 166 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 4x4GB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 103%

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Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,151 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 $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	548x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	323x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	261x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	226x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	172x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	103x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	49x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	139x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	75x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	67x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16