MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.7% 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 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A45
MotherboardMSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)  (all builds)
Memory3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161227
Uptime2.6 Days
Run DateApr 27 '18 at 14:57
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User VNM-User
Background CPU 35%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 92.8
1-Core 35.4
2-Core 85.5
49% 71.2 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 492
62% 469 Pts
64-Core 495
31% 495 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.7% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 96.1
Parallax 74.2
82% 90.3 fps
MRender 94.8
Gravity 93.8
Splatting 97
78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
596GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
51.9% Above average
Read 93.3
Write 87.2
Mixed 88.5
68% 89.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 2.11
4K Mixed 0.18
90% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
73% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 21.9
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 22.2
62% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 62.6
64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 40%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $212
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