MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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

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System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 19:33
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 231 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 423 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 849E) 3GB CLim: 1470 MHz, MLim: 1845 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 95.1 62% 82.2 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 85 Splatting 56.3 60% 76.5 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 297 311 313 302 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 441 Mixed 373 SusWrite 309 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.2 206% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 328 247% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 126GB free Firmware: 3.BHE SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 39 38 37 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 21.5 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 38.7 20% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 24%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 431GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 83 85 85 86 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 87.8 Write 73.8 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 82.5 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-096.A00G 9905702-017.A00G 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 87%

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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 $74Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $125Bench 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 $273	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 $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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