MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


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 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.7% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '22 at 19:46
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 211 70% 125 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 414 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 380X 90 User benchmarks, average bench 32% MSI(1462 2015) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1480 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.4.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 60.5 39% 53.1 fps	MRender 48.5 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 35.8 35% 43.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 38%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR041 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 378 391 208 167 233 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 426 Write 375 Mixed 353 SusWrite 288 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 18.9 117% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 28.7 83% 173 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 732GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 162 163 160 162 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 76.4 SusWrite 161 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.1 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 80%

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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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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	112x
Core i5-6400Intel $77Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $130Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	35x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	23x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	9x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16