MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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 Drive	106% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 06:16
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 232 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 644 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% HP(103C 82FA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 145 Parallax 137 111% 139 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 568 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 128 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 882355254	106% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 396 Mixed 406 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 42.3 161% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 25.6 88% 194 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Samsung PM830 128GB 13,767 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: CXM05H1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5985 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 357 (AA) Unknown 95 95 1918 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 159 (AE) Unknown 99 99 81 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 61 25 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 201 201 0	70.9% Very good	Read 475 Write 301 Mixed 374 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 18.6 87% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 82.6 DQ Mixed 63.4 75% 134 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 742GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 115 115 17192845511 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1357 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 167504707607 (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	90% Excellent	Read 150 Write 164 Mixed 159 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP24D4U7S8MBP-8 2x8GB 1,295 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 19.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	374x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	266x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	256x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	224x
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 $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	47x
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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Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16