MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

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	20180629
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '19 at 08:36
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$205 217,562 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 399 55% 401 Pts	64-Core 410 28% 410 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 124,274 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A69) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.43% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 6.75 5% 7.89 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 6.03 Splatting 0.09 5% 5.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$49 24,682 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 309 357 409 406 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 420 Mixed 305 SusWrite 361 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.4 185% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 284 231% 328 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%
Kingston A400 120GB-$27 154,515 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 32GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 56 81 56 55 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 384 Write 232 Mixed 264 SusWrite 91.4 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 22.9 130% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 138 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 83%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$51 254,235 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 631GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 171 149 170 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 176 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 167 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ Kingston 9905702-010.A00G 04CB DDR4 2400 2OZ 859B BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 24GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 27.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

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

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $200Bench 75%, 137,407 samples	637x
Core i5-7400Intel $205Bench 72%, 217,562 samples	428x
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 79%, 213,507 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,286,087 samples	544x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 861,418 samples	372x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,258,356 samples	260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 105%, 836,785 samples	163x
A400 240GBKingston $30Bench 66%, 375,672 samples	88x
A400 120GBKingston $27Bench 59%, 154,515 samples	65x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 74%, 102,471 samples	90x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 74%, 39,484 samples	56x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $76Bench 82%, 538,292 samples	52x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-11600K $220	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
Intel Core i5-11400F $195	Nvidia RTX 3080 $700	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $76	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16