MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '20 at 22:12
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 596 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.6% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 84.8 68% 87.5 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 85.2 Splatting 76.8 66% 81.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 99 99 102 96 90 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 84.5 Write 153 Mixed 173 SusWrite 100 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 25.5 112% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 78.1 86% 144 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 816GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 111 111 111 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 105 Write 28.3 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 108 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 598GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 146 149 149 147 148 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 141 Write 179 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 148 89% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 347% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 614GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 143 144 145 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 168 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 144 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 345% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 4x4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 83%

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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 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	254x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $305

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 $184	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) $35	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