MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A45
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) (all builds)
Memory	30.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '16 at 03:06
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 467 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.95 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.5 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 22.7 18% 20.3 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 30 22% 26.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 453 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 655 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589856 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 5 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2306	95.9% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 466 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 14.1 123% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 62.6 122% 242 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 173 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4691 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3611 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4647 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.31 116% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 859B BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 26 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	45x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	42x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	30x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
SSD220 240GBTranscend $38Bench 71%, 12,548 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x
Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $33Bench 74%, 14,163 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	8x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $212

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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