MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 09:12
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 392 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.4% Good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 95.5 80% 99.7 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 0.09 43% 60.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 198 185 176 128 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 463 Write 371 Mixed 242 SusWrite 166 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 37.4 150% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 220 192% 288 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 189GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 135 134 127 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 117 Write 121 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 132 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 91%

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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 B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 1,848 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	255x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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