MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.6% 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	80.1% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 23:32
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 707 77% 608 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 81 53% 70.6 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 54.7 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 256GB-$29 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2815 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 560 (A5) Unknown 100 100 49939103 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 300 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 63 270584119330 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1490358305115 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1249 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3231 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2921 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3443 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.1% Excellent	Read 502 Write 256 Mixed 251 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 19.8 123% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 82.3 DQ Mixed 9.31 56% 134 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 99%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 338GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 129 129 12896633007 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2024 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2024 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684773408 (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	99.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 182 Mixed 153 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 4x4GB 1,049 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 32%

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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 $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