MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	63.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161103
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 00:34
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 205 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 482 54% 421 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 1099) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.94% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 11.4 8% 10.2 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 12 Splatting 12.9 10% 12.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.94% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0809 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 1364 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2797 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 65 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 2413782237583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	63.3% Good	Read 436 Write 187 Mixed 267 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 8.04 88% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 13.7 66% 153 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 70%
Toshiba MK1002TSKB 1TB-$141 962 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 931GB free Firmware: MT2A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 31013 (0A) Spinup retry count 148 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1511 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18175 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 257699086385 (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 2040 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8201 (DE) Loaded hours 37 37 25491 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 100 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 154 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 83%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 254GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 191 191 88238 (03) Spinup time 157 154 3116 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9393 (C0) Power-off retract count 191 191 7033 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9549 (C2) HDA temperature 99 89 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 173 173 1457 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 6171 (C8) Write error rate 199 196 159	53.4% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 94.8 Mixed 90.7 70% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.38 111% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 58%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 27GB free Firmware: 01.06D01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 192 18151 (03) Spinup time 199 198 3025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 707 (05) Reallocated sector count 151 151 390 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 708 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1127 (C2) HDA temperature 93 89 54 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 390 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 179 179 675	56% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 96.4 Mixed 2.33 47% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.17 41% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.5 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 9 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 44%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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 $295	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