MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 15:33
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64LC (Liquid Cooled)-$1,700 4,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1750 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: BETA Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 94.6 Parallax 183 104% 135 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 130 Splatting 140 102% 122 fps
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU480G1122 480GB 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3107000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 443 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2615689151276 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 36 274877906990 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1159648117006 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3539 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15269 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6864 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8563 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 495 Write 375 Mixed 263 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 2.42 18% 39.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 321GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 95 132200413 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 439673605 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15680 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2064 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 985 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163913 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 35 4205345243170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28116 (C2) HDA temperature 34 65 51539607586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11493332470458 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -56439928534157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100035379587424	76.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 117 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 80%

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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 $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	144x

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	95x

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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Total price: $551

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16