MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.39% 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 Drive26.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7979
MotherboardMSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170428
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 06 '19 at 14:02
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 88.2
1-Core 110
2-Core 228
80% 142 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 452
60% 448 Pts
64-Core 448
28% 448 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670
Asus(1043 03EA) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
7.39% Terrible
Lighting 9.37
Reflection 9.15
Parallax 7.28
8% 8.6 fps
MRender 8.9
Gravity 6.53
Splatting 9.57
7% 8.33 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.39%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150
114GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2.0.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 62 73 62 62 71 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
26.2% Poor
Read 316
Write 74
Mixed 80.3
SusWrite 65.6
29% 134 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 6
33% 8.63 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 26.2%
Great: 54%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61
464GB free
Firmware: X61170RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 413 420 419 422 423 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 449
Write 436
Mixed 378
SusWrite 416
95% 420 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 49.8
179% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 285
233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 114%
Great: 119%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
445GB free
Firmware: X41200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 430 446 328 308 295 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 470
Write 448
Mixed 330
SusWrite 367
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 92.8
4K Mixed 45.4
155% 56.5 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 252
213% 312 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 105%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.6% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 21.7
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 24.5
SC Mixed 19.4
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) Builds (Compare 449 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 83% - Excellent Total price: $264
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