MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '17 at 11:23
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 191 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 353 46% 349 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 68.5 66% 76.1 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 77.5 63% 77.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2500 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 324 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 596 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2556020 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6493	90.1% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 432 Mixed 452 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 14.7 104% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 60.2 112% 222 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 102%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 595GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 347 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 24 (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	94.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 147 Mixed 140 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.34 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 1,573 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 79.1 50% 79.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 79%

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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 $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	412x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $544

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