MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.1% 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	285% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '21 at 23:18
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 196 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 634 60% 500 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 3GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2299 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 66.9 56% 69.3 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 65.9 57% 70 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 856 842 840 826 833 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2442 Write 2,004 Mixed 1,667 SusWrite 849 389% 1,741 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 88.7 295% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,145 DQ Write 827 DQ Mixed 961 725% 978 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 355%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 599GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 99 98 99 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 83 Write 37.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 95.5 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 443GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 86.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 88.2 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 859B BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FBD2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 859B BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FBD2 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

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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 MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	406x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	150x
Core i5-6400Intel $72Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	238x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	97x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
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	62x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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