MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 162% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	204% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 05:10
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 415 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Gigabyte(1458 4044) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	204% Outstanding	Lighting 302 Reflection 293 Parallax 302 246% 299 fps	MRender 343 Gravity 235 Splatting 184 200% 254 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 110 133 153 150 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 460 Write 78.2 Mixed 126 SusWrite 154 44% 204 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 34 117% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 239 199% 286 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 95%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 374GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 340 392 431 417 385 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 416 Mixed 390 SusWrite 376 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 52.3 171% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 300 241% 338 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 205GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 138 140 138 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 167 Write 158 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 138 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 132 131 131 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 130 71% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 94%

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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 1,365 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

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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	147x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	237x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	61x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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