MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180627
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 00:39
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 179 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 337 43% 326 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.4 88% 104 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 99.8 79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 114 110 108 104 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 449 Write 213 Mixed 215 SusWrite 116 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 32.4 134% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 202 151% 205 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 500GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 156 159 156 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 165 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 155 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB 13,628 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7.4 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150 PC MATE (MS-7971) - $60

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	357x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	168x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	138x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	107x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	78x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	26x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	67x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	51x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $333

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 $40	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