MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B89
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '22 at 19:19
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 67.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 83% 154 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 794 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 1,029 64% 1,029 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 28.5 Reflection 21.2 Parallax 25.5 23% 25.1 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 22 Splatting 11.5 13% 15.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 155 155 155 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 436 Mixed 384 SusWrite 159 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.2 198% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 345 266% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 216GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 303 301 301 302 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 482 Mixed 413 SusWrite 319 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60.1 207% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 368 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 93GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 0.9 2.3 1.4 1.7 0.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 62.2 Write 10.7 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 1.7 18% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 66%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 189 189 190 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 173 Mixed 105 SusWrite 189 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 26.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 24.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 105%

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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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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,682x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	427x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	376x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	323x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	274x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	236x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	100x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	99x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	95x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	222x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	176x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $399

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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