MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A45
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 15:55
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 609 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 104 Parallax 103 77% 101 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 89.3 74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 16762 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 487 (A5) Unknown 100 100 696039180364 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 49 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 118 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 41 176094248993 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5768224965951 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11588 (EA) Unknown 100 100 44641 (F1) Unknown 253 253 29624 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22647 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76% Very good	Read 503 Write 328 Mixed 306 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 13.3 108% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 11.5 40% 82.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 67GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 205 8575 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6362 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 77.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 77.9 57% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 76%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 16GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 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 0 (03) Spinup time 253 215 3733 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8282 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 4 4 70527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 821 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8275 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 81.4 Mixed 82.3 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.36 105% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FH1 2x8GB 384 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 19.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 82%

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Typical B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) Builds (Compare 256 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	45x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	43x
Core i5-6600Intel $139Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	31x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	19x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
SSD220 240GBTranscend $35Bench 71%, 12,548 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x
Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $33Bench 74%, 14,163 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	8x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $211

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16