MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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	16GB 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 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '20 at 20:07
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 456 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.1% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 38.7 37% 42.4 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 35.4 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 396 440 445 162 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 394 Mixed 400 SusWrite 312 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60.1 203% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 131 152% 263 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 138 135 136 138 142 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 110 Mixed 101 SusWrite 136 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GRR 1315 CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 71%

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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 B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) Builds (Compare 452 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 $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	113x
Core i5-6400Intel $67Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $113Bench 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 $76Bench 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	23x
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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $253

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16