MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	221% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 21:06
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.1% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 617 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 1083) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	4.42% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 6.44 4% 5.92 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 5.74 4% 5.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.42% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$139 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,179 Write 1,135 Mixed 1,169 328% 1,494 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 31.7 168% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 137 158% 272 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 254%
WD WD10EZEX-00ZF5A0 4TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 75 103219181 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 339708 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43340514984149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (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 73 52 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 595 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 81604378651 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 75 103219181 (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 125984275693728 (F1) Unknown 100 253 704298460 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12337868	63.3% Good	Read 121 Write 98.2 Mixed 52.7 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.45 4K Write 4.14 4K Mixed 0.44 185% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 645GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22680880 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 13737803175 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 54343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65572 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454361115 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 12 22680880 (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 -120619861484935 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3026214622 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3832144221	36.4% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 58 Mixed 66.6 49% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.28 59% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 104%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	378x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	273x
Core i7-7700Intel $155Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	263x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	318x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	227x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	147x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406