MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 13:58
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	26%

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 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 640 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.2% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 72.5 64% 80.1 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 92.8 76% 94 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M7VC 256GB 1,046 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 1504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19742 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1440 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3701 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2191 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3368	86.1% Excellent	Read 505 Write 336 Mixed 256 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 29.3 119% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 67.4 88% 161 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 140 140 34387263884 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 856 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3192 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223338954787 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	75.2% Very good	Read 118 Write 144 Mixed 84.4 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.17 101% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ BK 500GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 186GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 83 Write 88.5 Mixed 12.2 72% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.17 37% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 2,791 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 19.4 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 84%

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Gaming 41%

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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 $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 $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