MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.1% 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	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 15:46
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 400 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 71.4 66% 78.5 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 75 Splatting 78.4 62% 75.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS330 120GB 735 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP223PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9648 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 972 (A3) Unknown 100 100 180 (A4) Unknown 100 100 106 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21445445229	92.1% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 450 Mixed 419 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 11.8 109% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 57.3 112% 221 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 112GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1828 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 971 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4616 (C2) HDA temperature 100 91 43 (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	82.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 137 Mixed 130 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GLJF62F-D8KBFG------ 2x4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 75%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	112x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	35x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	22x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	9x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $264

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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