MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	183% 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.

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

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B89
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210517
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '21 at 10:46
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 766 71% 591 Pts	64-Core 1068 66% 1068 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.5% Good	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 75.5 75% 85 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 70.5 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3256GNTD 256GB 10,769 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFMB0.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 809 623 213 212 209 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1191 Write 998 Mixed 1,019 SusWrite 379 201% 897 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 66.4 245% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 945 DQ Mixed 729 576% 790 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 226%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 71GB free Firmware: UE510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 76 103 67 62 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 435 Write 248 Mixed 238 SusWrite 103 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.7 77% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 93.1 DQ Mixed 41.4 48% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 128GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 119GB free Firmware: 0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 37 38 38 38 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	18.1% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 37.2 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 37.8 9% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 12.6 44% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13.2 DQ Write 16.9 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 73%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 226GB free Firmware: GG2OAE30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 67 66 67 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 92.1 Write 65.7 Mixed 36.4 SusWrite 66.2 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 118 119 120 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 118 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 29 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 26.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	27"	1280 720	DEL41DE DELL U2721DE

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,687x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	427x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	377x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	324x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	275x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	236x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	100x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	99x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	96x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	326x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	223x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16