MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 23:36
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 424 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 39.3 38% 43.6 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A2) Unknown 100 100 121 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 102 (F2) Unknown 100 100 47	69.3% Good	Read 510 Write 343 Mixed 349 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 9.72 91% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 9.61 18% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 97%
WD Black 3TB (2012)-$205 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 139 10391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 91 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 83 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 40 (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	92.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 165 Mixed 157 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.62 163% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$42 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 79%

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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	146x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	236x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	60x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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