MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 18:18
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 450 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1415 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 105 88% 110 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 90.3 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 412 Write 82.5 Mixed 126 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 36.2 134% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 94.3 DQ Write 79.5 DQ Mixed 83.9 64% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 69%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 137 125 113 128 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 151 Mixed 206 SusWrite 117 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38 142% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 147 122% 179 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 521GB free Firmware: SM28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 94 95 95 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 94.1 67% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 381% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 85%

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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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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	404x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	147x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	237x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	43x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $551

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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