MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	66.5% 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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7978
Motherboard	MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 19:22
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 233 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 458 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL 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 231 100 2791 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 313 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1263 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1315 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1292 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 214748364843 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 43 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 126751 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22377 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4965	66.5% Good	Read 453 Write 207 Mixed 287 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 3.89 100% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 24.1 64% 135 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 78%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 122 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38685639099 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1635 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2745 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2745 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 313533399083 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	59.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 106 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 565GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 92 (03) Spinup time 123 100 17199464764 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4583 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1387 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 79 81745216469 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 41 690880553 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5246 (C2) HDA temperature 146 115 253403594793 (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 1	60.8% Good	Read 90.8 Write 121 Mixed 73 71% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 306GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7730 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2213 (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 97 97 15851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 639893540 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 639631396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 366809 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	52.5% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 89.6 Mixed 83.7 67% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 58%
Generic Mass-Storage 1GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.08% Terrible	Read 15.1 Write 7.28 Mixed 9.69 12% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.44 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.17 39% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 6.08% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB-$48 7,720 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) - $100

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	547x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	322x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	258x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	225x
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	54x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	138x
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 $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 $177	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