MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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)	76.9% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 426 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 66.9 63% 73.5 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 69.3 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1958 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 480 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 171799216155 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6298950213 (F7) Unknown 100 100 197578565 (F8) Unknown 100 100 103044261 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1253 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	65.2% Good	Read 473 Write 322 Mixed 334 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 13.1 85% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 13.2 19% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDS723020BLE640 2TB 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494300970 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 528 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2336 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 214748889115 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 179 Mixed 164 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.19 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB 5,153 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 47%

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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%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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