MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151026
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 17:27
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 632 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 147 Parallax 135 110% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 110 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 321 269 152 415 437 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 475 Write 146 Mixed 199 SusWrite 318 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 27.7 95% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 48.1 DQ Mixed 70.1 72% 123 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 133%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 128GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 97 103 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 49 SusWrite 99.3 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 104%
SanDisk SD SDDR-189 64GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 59GB free, PID b7bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 17 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 17.7 24% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 4 254% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 101%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	404x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	146x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	236x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	60x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	43x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $551

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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