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MSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.6% 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 Drive77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7978
MotherboardMSI B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978)  (all builds)
Memory26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 11 '21 at 07:57
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$85
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 75.1
1-Core 124
2-Core 170
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 429
8-Core 638
66% 534 Pts
64-Core 657
41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2189 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 121
Parallax 108
87% 112 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 108
Splatting 104
86% 106 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR011
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 314 289 318 282 288 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Read 381
Write 317
Mixed 197
SusWrite 297
67% 298 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 94.3
4K Mixed 25.1
110% 46 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 260
DQ Mixed 150
140% 214 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 104%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB
774GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 449 460 464 460 462 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 428
Mixed 387
SusWrite 455
99% 439 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 51.8
174% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 290
238% 338 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 118%
Great: 127%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB DDR4 3200 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 04CB DDR4 3200 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
59.2% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 18.9
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 12
42% 14.6 GB/s
Latency 90.2
44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 59.2%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150 GAMING M3 (MS-7978) Builds (Compare 2,270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $601
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