MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '19 at 18:44
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	LCA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i5-7500-$88 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 409 57% 422 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.1% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 86.3 Parallax 73.4 62% 78.7 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 76.8 68% 83.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro SE 120GB-$120 346 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 113 123 118 122 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 325 Write 144 Mixed 195 SusWrite 118 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.8 162% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 145 112% 155 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 81%
Adata SP900NS38 256GB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 61GB free Firmware: 6.0.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 150 159 172 157 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 313 Write 251 Mixed 272 SusWrite 163 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.3 149% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 181 141% 192 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 81%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 65GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 76 79 76 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 466 Write 279 Mixed 360 SusWrite 134 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 34.6 137% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 191 175% 265 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 70GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 276 281 276 282 285 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 859B BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 20.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $88Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	375x
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	266x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	256x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	313x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	224x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	144x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16