MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% 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	52.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	491 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 463 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 40.8 40% 45.3 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 37 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 788 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 33 (A3) Unknown 100 100 259 (94) Unknown 100 100 171786 (95) Unknown 100 100 2337 (96) Unknown 100 100 2222 (97) Unknown 100 100 2321 (A4) Unknown 100 100 47312 (A5) Unknown 100 100 106 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37538620637212 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 218518 (F2) Unknown 100 100 166575 (F5) Unknown 100 100 279436 (F6) Unknown 100 100 343572 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	52.3% Above average	Read 481 Write 216 Mixed 141 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 9.62 65% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 18.9 DQ Mixed 9.29 11% 18.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 440GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 170642248 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1089 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26740619 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 471400475 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1150 (C2) HDA temperature 27 7 30064771099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 170642248 (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 -26809185856442 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13530007356 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9885278232	90.7% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 161 Mixed 120 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%
Spaceloop 4GB 4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 4GB free, PID 2093 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.93% Terrible	Read 9.01 Write 2.17 Mixed 3.15 5% 4.78 MB/s	4K Read 4.83 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 18% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.93% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM48GU48N21-FFFHM 2x8GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 84%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	405x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	148x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	143x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	237x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	95x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16