MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	182% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180629
Uptime	23.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '21 at 05:08
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 445 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A69) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	3.8% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 6.3 Parallax 7 5% 6.43 fps	MRender 0.3 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 0.3 2% 2.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 745GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 554 568 599 594 596 594 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 701 Write 614 Mixed 626 SusWrite 584 142% 632 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 81.2 268% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 830 DQ Write 718 DQ Mixed 1,154 761% 901 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 372%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 141GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 70 71 70 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 88.1 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 69.6 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 103GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 48 48 48 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 53.1 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 47.8 33% 44.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 21GB free Firmware: 1AA01107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 51 48 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 44.6 Write 55 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 48.1 33% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 496GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 87 88 88 88 82 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 75 Write 55.9 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 85.7 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Expansion 1.5TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 124GB free Firmware: 0706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 69 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 53.1 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 68.6 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FBD 2x8GB 3,152 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 22.4 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.6% 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	9	7	60	27.9"	1280 720	AUS28B1 ASUS VP28U

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Typical B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 1,848 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	255x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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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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