MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.68% 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	117% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 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 08:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$110 234,266 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)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 220 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 429 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.68% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 6.69 6% 7.98 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 14.2 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.68% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 385 400 358 374 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 427 Mixed 356 SusWrite 380 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.2 192% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 287 233% 331 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 116%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 56 56 56 56 55 MB/s Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.2% Above average	Read 214 Write 116 Mixed 145 SusWrite 93.3 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 23.9 117% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 138 124% 185 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 631GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 168 169 173 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 161 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 171 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.6% 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	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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 1,846 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 $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	254x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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