MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	123% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 03:58
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$91 234,266 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)	79% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 423 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3560 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 101 Parallax 94.4 88% 101 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 82.5 80% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 606GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT23B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 419 460 471 473 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 430 Mixed 434 SusWrite 444 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.5 190% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 717GB free Firmware: HPH4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 199 195 197 199 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 177 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 197 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 170 182 182 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 115 Write 157 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 177 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT32GX4M4C3200C16 2x8GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 106%

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

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Typical B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 343 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	80x
Core i5-7400Intel $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	48x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	55x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	42x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	9x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	7x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $234

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16