MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way 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. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	12.6 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 16:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way 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-$130 342,244 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)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 459 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.9% 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: 2002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Lighting 52 Reflection 49.4 Parallax 44.5 42% 48.6 fps	MRender 45.6 Gravity 45.5 Splatting 40.5 36% 43.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.1% 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: 275 409 445 446 149 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 406 Mixed 408 SusWrite 313 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.5 202% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 131 152% 263 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 137 139 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 142 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 138 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% 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 (80^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.2% 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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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	113x
Core i5-6400Intel $71Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $120Bench 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: $260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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