MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	218% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	2490 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500T 5,419 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 404 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,861 Write 1,180 Mixed 1,188 312% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39.4 189% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 156 165% 277 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 236%
Asmt 2105 115GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 8GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.2% Poor	Read 197 Write 43.6 Mixed 54.6 21% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 6.16 46% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 55 DQ Mixed 19.7 20% 29.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 40%
Marvell Raid VD 0 6TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 92GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	100% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 141 Mixed 150 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.72 4K Write 3.37 4K Mixed 0.31 168% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 164%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 5GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2139 (03) Spinup time 175 164 6233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 898 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 20 20 58959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1183659 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 35 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 10	49.5% Average	Read 90.1 Write 82.3 Mixed 74.5 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 107%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	255x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $305

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