MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '22 at 14:05
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$88 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 425 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8876) CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 135 Parallax 102 95% 118 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 74 66% 82.1 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 319 375 398 394 349 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 164 Mixed 100 SusWrite 350 48% 205 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 2.3 31% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 115 110% 171 MB/s
Poor: 70% Great: 119%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$43 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 124GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 113 115 112 100 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 23.8 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 109 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 264GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 146 145 147 145 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 78 SusWrite 143 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 425GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 166 168 166 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 73 SusWrite 164 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 779GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 172 168 171 173 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 156 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 170 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 029E CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 KHX2133C14D4/4G 029E CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 85%

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Typical B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) Builds (Compare 450 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	113x
Core i5-6400Intel $74Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $125Bench 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 $76Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16