MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.8% 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	84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 20:49
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 683 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 63.3 Parallax 77.5 50% 67.5 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 52 46% 57.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro 240GB-$172 345 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 94225090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133504763429397 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 9 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 41 81607065635 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 81607065635 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 94225090 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 94225090 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 94225090 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 34359738368 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3113 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1517 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1517 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1515	84.9% Excellent	Read 487 Write 342 Mixed 340 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 21.2 115% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 80.4 106% 188 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 81%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 892GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 12884901888 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 154620330020 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 191 Mixed 164 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.19 94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 2x8GB 1,572 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 81%

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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 $132Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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