MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A69
MotherboardMSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)  (all builds)
Memory3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170207
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateSep 12 '19 at 15:14
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 28%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Memory 83
1-Core 100
2-Core 219
75% 134 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 397
52% 390 Pts
64-Core 421
26% 421 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 107
Parallax 243
112% 162 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 134
Splatting 153
111% 133 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 109%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 109 104 115 124 134 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
67.4% Good
Read 423
Write 230
Mixed 352
SusWrite 140
64% 286 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 31.8
103% 36.7 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 242
175% 225 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
105GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 355 362 357 356 358 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 471
Write 436
Mixed 404
SusWrite 364
94% 419 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 98
4K Mixed 48.4
175% 62.3 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 360
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 111%
Great: 129%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
455GB free
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 74 74 75 74 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
56.5% Above average
Read 433
Write 75.7
Mixed 111
SusWrite 74
38% 173 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 75.3
4K Mixed 22.7
95% 38.5 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 76.6
DQ Mixed 105
84% 120 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 56.5%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.3% Average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 14.5
MC Mixed 12.7
40% 13.9 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 12.3
SC Mixed 8.8
31% 10.7 GB/s
Latency 75.1
53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 40.3%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 335 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $234
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HDDRAMUSB
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