MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '22 at 03:40
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 247 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 700 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 282 Parallax 176 134% 207 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 172 Splatting 122 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 481 Write 322 Mixed 118 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 36.1 127% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 94.3 DQ Mixed 111 106% 172 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Maxtor Z1 SSD 480GB 2,800 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 90GB free Firmware: STKSC010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 294 293 294 443 457 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 184 Write 104 Mixed 131 SusWrite 344 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 34.7 123% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 200 149% 192 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 455GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 205 204 203 207 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 140 Write 122 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 202 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 176GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 150 151 159 162 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 171 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 154 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX421C14FB2/8 KHX2133C14/8G HX421C14FB2/8 KHX2133C14/8G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 78%

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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 $139Bench 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 $79Bench 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: $263

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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