MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	69.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '16 at 12:45
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$163 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 566 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 59.7 56% 65.6 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Integral 120GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.0 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 152 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655397 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 511 Write 329 Mixed 368 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 12 87% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 12.1 31% 60.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 396GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 268 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1012 (C2) HDA temperature 118 94 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	92% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 152 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.27 121% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	412x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	156x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	118x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	98x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	65x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	44x

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Total price: $551

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