MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.5% 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 Drive102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A69
MotherboardMSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)  (all builds)
Memory6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180629
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 13 '19 at 22:55
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 94.3
1-Core 120
2-Core 237
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 456
62% 460 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.5% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 110
Parallax 100
83% 104 fps
MRender 89.2
Gravity 94
Splatting 86.5
73% 89.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41320RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 157 155 114 76 113 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 378
Mixed 262
SusWrite 148
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 53.8
188% 67.9 MB/s
DQ Read 390
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 243
206% 303 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 102%
Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
300GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 119 119 120 120 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Read 162
Write 152
Mixed 84.3
SusWrite 120
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
84.2% Excellent
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 33.5
MC Mixed 25
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 33.8
SC Mixed 25.6
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 58.9
68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 1,847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 75% - Very good Total price: $305
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HDDRAMUSB
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