MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	88.6% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	21.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 01:23
Run Duration	371 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 476 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 45 30% 37.9 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 38.8 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2111 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (64) Unknown 100 100 1660825 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 99 99 21 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 274 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6606 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 0 90196869152 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 97 41 419 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1051 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1853 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1447 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 704178	88.6% Excellent	Read 509 Write 326 Mixed 347 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 24.4 122% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 23.3 86% 192 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 106%
CENTON DS Pro 16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 8GB free, PID 0000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 6.77 Mixed 7.89 12% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.49 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 25% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 8%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.85% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 6.35 Mixed 5.79 10% 9.97 MB/s	4K Read 3.71 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 14% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.85% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	404x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	147x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	237x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	43x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $551

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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