MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	115% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '19 at 12:38
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-7400-$184 80,439 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	SC Int 96.7 SC Float 106 SC Mixed 104 82% 102 Pts	QC Int 351 QC Float 399 QC Mixed 383 86% 378 Pts	MC Int 353 MC Float 413 MC Mixed 381 57% 383 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$168 184,543 User benchmarks, average bench 70% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1465 MHz, MLim: 2150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Lighting 240 Reflection 190 Parallax 306 82% 245 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 239 Splatting 139 78% 177 fps
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$63 8,001 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 377 387 390 315 345 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 472 Mixed 378 SusWrite 374 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.5 182% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 285 233% 333 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 116%
Kingston A400 120GB-$20 40,563 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 46GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 55 56 55 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 378 Write 118 Mixed 194 SusWrite 89.7 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 21.5 114% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 137 133% 206 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 81%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40 70,827 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 705GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 163 163 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 190 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 158 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ Kingston 9905702-010.A00G 04CB DDR4 2400 2OZ 859B BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 17.2 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $205Bench 77%, 57,841 samples	937x
Core i5-7400Intel $184Bench 69%, 80,439 samples	584x
Core i5-7600KIntel $238Bench 90%, 100,693 samples	469x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $208Bench 70%, 570,243 samples	889x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $145Bench 38%, 354,124 samples	721x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $163Bench 66%, 237,829 samples	423x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 106%, 421,994 samples	344x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 127,708 samples	125x
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 60%, 40,563 samples	108x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GBKingstonBench 80%, 18,102 samples	155x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $71Bench 71%, 28,239 samples	134x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 77%, 34,842 samples	104x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $356	Nvidia GTX 1070 $314	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $92
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $145	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $208	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $99
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $108	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $651	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $73	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12