MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.06% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161014
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '22 at 12:58
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$81 342,244 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)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 433 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7979) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.06% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 4.7 Parallax 7.6 5% 6.13 fps	MRender 0.2 Gravity 8.9 Splatting 0.1 2% 3.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.06% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 73 90 84 90 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 409 Write 348 Mixed 286 SusWrite 93.9 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 3.2 53% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 32.1 40% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 56%
VendorCo Disk 2TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2TB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 6.6 6.7 4.9 6.2 5.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 16.5 Write 3.7 Mixed 2 SusWrite 5.9 7% 7.03 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.8 172% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x4GB 446 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 449 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	23x
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 $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