MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	283% 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	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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 05:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 603 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 198 Parallax 193 142% 188 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 180 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1098 1075 1149 1010 945 917 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,315 Write 1,673 Mixed 803 SusWrite 1,032 323% 1,456 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 68.3 241% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,289 DQ Write 1,118 DQ Mixed 1,065 836% 1,157 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 353%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$62 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 778GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 107 109 110 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60% Above average	Read 110 Write 44.3 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 99 53% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FAD 2x16GB 423 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 78%

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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 ARCTIC (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 341 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 $94Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	47x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x
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
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16