MSI B450M MORTAR (MS-7B89)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B89
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR (MS-7B89) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190103
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '21 at 09:47
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 65.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 73% 135 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 676 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 1,095 68% 1,095 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 111 Parallax 124 96% 118 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 119 Splatting 101 103% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 112%

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% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 670 661 636 641 632 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,061 Write 1,802 Mixed 1,496 SusWrite 673 337% 1,508 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 61.3 198% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 845 DQ Write 537 DQ Mixed 716 527% 699 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 148GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 335 358 316 317 313 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 430 Mixed 412 SusWrite 320 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 51 166% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 372 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
Ct2000bx 50 2TB 239 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 39 39 38 39 39 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	16.4% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 38.7 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 37.9 9% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 12.5 4K Mixed 10 36% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 31 DQ Mixed 20.6 18% 26.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 287GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 132 138 138 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 120 Write 109 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 138 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 94%

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

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR (MS-7B89) - $100

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	262x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	138x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	108x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	64x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	61x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	57x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	22x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	41x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	34x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $702

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 $40	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