MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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-$160 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 418 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A69) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 6.75 6% 7.89 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 6.03 Splatting 0.09 4% 5.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$82 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 309 357 409 406 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 116%
Kingston A400 120GB-$15 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 56 81 56 55 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^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: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$46 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 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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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 1,318 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 $150Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	253x
Core i5-7400Intel $160Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	192x
Core i7-7700Intel $275Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	180x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	228x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	155x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	100x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
A400 240GBKingston $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $43Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	31x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	31x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $350

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $153	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16