MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.7% 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	114% 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.

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, 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 16:13
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 (89^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 232 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 454 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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: 1655 MHz, MLim: 1818 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Lighting 51.9 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 44.1 42% 48.5 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 45.4 Splatting 40.7 34% 42.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D240G 240GB 6,836 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 411 447 326 160 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 429 Mixed 407 SusWrite 297 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 56.8 197% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 130 155% 271 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 137 138 137 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 127 Mixed 117 SusWrite 137 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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 (80^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 21.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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 $40	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