MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.4% 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	54.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '20 at 21:45
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 167 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 300 39% 292 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.7 84% 102 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 99.9 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 15 66 24 66 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 336 Write 98.7 Mixed 164 SusWrite 42.3 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 25.5 104% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 94.9 85% 129 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 85%
Toshiba MQ01ABF032 320GB-$37 7,072 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 99GB free Firmware: AM0Q5E SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 57 60 61 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 61 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 59.7 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 32GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 68 66 65 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 62.8 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 64.9 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 88%

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

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Typical B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) Builds (Compare 448 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	112x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	35x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	22x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	9x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $264

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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