MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.7% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '18 at 23:44
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$60 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 425 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 180 Parallax 164 139% 171 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 178 Splatting 122 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0705AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 53 53 54 53 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 410 Mixed 382 SusWrite 89.9 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.6 173% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 238 196% 280 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%
WDC WD10EZEX-08WN4A0 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 45GB free Firmware: SAFM13.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 165 383 377 283 386 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	105% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 405 Mixed 371 SusWrite 322 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.1 164% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 190 177% 275 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 1,390 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	410x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	153x
Core i5-6400Intel $68Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	147x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	116x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	97x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	43x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	63x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	44x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $544

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16