MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 16:22
Run Duration	87 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	25%

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 i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 463 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 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 1539 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4118 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16490 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4097 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4065 (C2) HDA temperature 107 84 36 (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 0	70.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 117 Mixed 104 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.18 43% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 69%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 729GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 92.9 Write 99.6 Mixed 74 114% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 81% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 81%

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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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Typical B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 1,847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	254x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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