MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 76.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 237 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 670 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 101 80% 102 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 94.7 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 401 422 431 426 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 472 Mixed 440 SusWrite 418 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 52 181% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 289 228% 315 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 59GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 127 97 97 98 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 472 Write 285 Mixed 335 SusWrite 125 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 38.2 151% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 212 184% 271 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360 3TB 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 162 163 161 161 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 193 Write 192 Mixed 39 SusWrite 161 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s

Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 176GB free Firmware: GN003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 68.2 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 69.5 41% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 32GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 20.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 82%

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Typical B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 335 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	80x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	47x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	42x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	9x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	7x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $234

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