MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	94.6% 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.
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	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151026
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 15:45
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 (91^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 649 63% 519 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 110% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 176 139 134 131 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 442 Mixed 418 SusWrite 160 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 52.2 176% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 106 109% 185 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 133%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 575GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 104 102 104 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 86 Write 103 Mixed 34.9 SusWrite 102 59% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 104%
SanDisk SD SDDR-189 128GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 119GB free, PID b7bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 20 20 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 18.1 Write 19.2 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 19.4 25% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 3.4 242% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%
Sony QD-G64E 60GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 56GB free, PID 087c Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 290 Write 90 Mixed 92.2 161% 157 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 3.8 222% 6.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 104%

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 (52^nd percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 101%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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