MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.9% 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 Drive27.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.
Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A69
MotherboardMSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170406
Uptime7.7 Days
Run DateJul 22 '18 at 19:37
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 65%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 89.1
1-Core 110
2-Core 221
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 416
56% 418 Pts
64-Core 423
26% 423 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.9% Very good
Lighting 98.7
Reflection 114
Parallax 96.9
80% 103 fps
MRender 95
Gravity 95.1
Splatting 98
79% 96 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HP S700 120GB-$30
33GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0330B1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 34 56 29 29 19 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
27.1% Poor
Read 436
Write 362
Mixed 264
SusWrite 34.8
61% 274 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 0.5
28% 7.93 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 27.1%
Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
324GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 123 123 123 122 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Read 152
Write 134
Mixed 95
SusWrite 123
93% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
213% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.2% Very good
MC Read 25
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 25
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 20.7
60% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 1,847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $305
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HDDRAMUSB
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