MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics123% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7972
MotherboardMSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 29 '17 at 00:53
Run Duration90 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 86.4
1-Core 114
2-Core 220
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 426
57% 426 Pts
64-Core 427
26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
123% Outstanding
Lighting 167
Reflection 194
Parallax 176
136% 179 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 171
Splatting 124
113% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 123%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
763GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 164
Mixed 153
125% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.88
4K Write 2.13
4K Mixed 0.28
108% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
73.2% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 22.2
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 21.4
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 1,363 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $551
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