MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57% 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	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161223
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 16:46
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 419 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (70 fps cap detected)	57% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 66.4 58% 69 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 64.9 Splatting 69.5 56% 68 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 256GB 1,848 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1373 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 70 70 270 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441863 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4198	43.9% Average	Read 454 Write 8.31 Mixed 146 43% 203 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 7.71 73% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 6.83 35% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170928840 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44975306 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 554958878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19129 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49722836387373 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4235256084 (F2) Unknown 100 253 63834327713	90% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 152 Mixed 144 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GBLFU213N02 1x8GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 43%

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Typical B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) Builds (Compare 448 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	112x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $133Bench 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 $80Bench 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	22x
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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $264

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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