MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151026
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 19:41
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 103 2-Core 185 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 600 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 107 84% 107 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 79.8 72% 89.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 120GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 90 94 95 104 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 396 Write 147 Mixed 181 SusWrite 98.2 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 35.1 139% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 87 82% 129 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 545GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 438 439 447 451 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 450 Mixed 396 SusWrite 443 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.7 163% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 339 255% 341 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 121%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 117GB free Firmware: 5.0.7b SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 106 105 101 107 104 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61% Good	Read 210 Write 143 Mixed 168 SusWrite 106 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 33.1 130% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 99.7 87% 131 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 362GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 155 155 158 158 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 165 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 156 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 726GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 96 96 96 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 87 Write 83.2 Mixed 70 SusWrite 94.7 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 80%

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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 MORTAR (MS-7972) Builds (Compare 1,363 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	404x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	146x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	236x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	60x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	43x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $551

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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