MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 21:40
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 224 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 454 54% 414 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.2 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 54.2 Parallax 80.6 50% 65.5 fps	MRender 56.9 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 73.9 51% 60.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 583GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 164 162 4766 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9851 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 732 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10412 (C2) HDA temperature 101 84 46 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.1% Above average	Read 109 Write 97.1 Mixed 97.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.39 114% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 459GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 49 (03) Spinup time 189 186 3541 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3609 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1636 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 378366 (C2) HDA temperature 94 87 49 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	55.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 92.4 Mixed 88.8 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.37 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 399GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 30668 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5348 (05) Reallocated sector count 148 148 410 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4705 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 474 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4873 (C2) HDA temperature 89 82 54 (C4) Reallocation count 13 13 187 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 20303 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 4	69.5% Good	Read 130 Write 113 Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 51420480 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 77 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 264959052 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2171 (B4) Unknown 100 100 461580221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 49 44 56691458099 (C2) HDA temperature 51 56 47244640307 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 16 51420480 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 77 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.1% Average	Read 72 Write 71 Mixed 70 54% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.48 101% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 70%
Seagate ST332081 3AS 320GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 68GB free Firmware: HP21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 94 1183426 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 772 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 338 (BE) vendor-specific 52 44 9396617264 (C2) HDA temperature 48 56 68719476784 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 16 1183426 (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	44.5% Average	Read 75 Write 80.1 Mixed 71.5 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 14GB free Firmware: 3. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 260432591 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1289 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 37 740950060 (C2) HDA temperature 44 63 64424509484 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 45 85711411 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.2% Poor	Read 54.8 Write 43.4 Mixed 53.7 38% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.32 71% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 40%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 28GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 7.11 Mixed 14.5 20% 20 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 1.46 140% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 1x8GB 4,896 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.2 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 52%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	404x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	146x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	236x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	60x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	43x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $551

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