MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	77.4 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 19:03
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 397 55% 407 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 68.4 52% 66.9 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 21 39% 50.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 56%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 821GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 115 114 126 133 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 76.2 Write 156 Mixed 39 SusWrite 126 72% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-030.A00G 1x8GB 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 44%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) Builds (Compare 448 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	112x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 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 $80Bench 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	22x
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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $264

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