MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 17:53
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 631 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 04E3) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 31% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFA10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 888 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 219044511775	55.8% Above average	Read 359 Write 365 Mixed 451 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 11.8 40% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 8.52 49% 105 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 89%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 125GB free Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6338576 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4649915582 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4125 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 115966607402 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1875 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 622002211 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 21474836515 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 28 6338576 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4	53.1% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 87.2 Mixed 81.8 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.28 67% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 65%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 230GB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 102 102 55879271084 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1243 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2358 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2358 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 279173201965 (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 0	45.5% Average	Read 78.5 Write 79.7 Mixed 80.9 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.43 107% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 46%
TOSHIBA USB FLASH DRIVE 16GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 125 Write 43.1 Mixed 53.8 79% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.79 66% 3.76 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 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	68.9% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 85%

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

Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

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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 $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