MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 01:56
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 662 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 198 Parallax 176 152% 186 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 118 76% 88.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 47GB free Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (A5) Unknown 100 100 300658851991 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 38 266287972402 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 214751707187 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 845 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1421 (F1) Unknown 253 253 990 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11772 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.1% Very good	Read 485 Write 286 Mixed 112 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 1.04 85% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 0.06 65% 156 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 86%
Seagate ST1000DX001-SSHD-8GB 1TB 7,180 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172761848 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 113028733 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 706150438 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 433 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 12884901926 (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 97126390436619 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18679114513 (F2) Unknown 100 253 222176477177	90.6% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 175 Mixed 130 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.74 205% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C17 2x8GB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 19.8 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 98%

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Typical B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 1,365 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $109Bench 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 $179	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