MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A45
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 00:03
Run Duration	97 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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)	79.9% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 648 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1917 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 123 Parallax 111 92% 116 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 87.4 79% 98 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 6,629 Write 9,571 Mixed 7,340 1,765% 7,847 MB/s	4K Read 752 4K Write 635 4K Mixed 676 2,343% 688 MB/s	DQ Read 2,161 DQ Write 1,856 DQ Mixed 2,005 1,503% 2,007 MB/s
Poor: 95% Great: 144%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 136GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 7,346 Write 10,971 Mixed 8,434 6,704% 8,917 MB/s	4K Read 524 4K Write 688 4K Mixed 729 115,629% 647 MB/s	DQ Read 2,197 DQ Write 1,903 DQ Mixed 2,052 18,815% 2,051 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 19.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 86%

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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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Typical B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) Builds (Compare 255 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	45x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	43x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	31x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
SSD220 240GBTranscend $35Bench 71%, 12,548 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x
Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $33Bench 74%, 14,163 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	8x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $212

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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