MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.9% 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	217% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 17:35
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 500 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6167) 3GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 26.7 21% 25.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,878 Write 1,014 Mixed 1,136 296% 1,343 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 41.4 203% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 514 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 191 210% 357 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11309 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1868 (B1) Unknown 86 86 162 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 140 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29889809209	88.6% Excellent	Read 502 Write 267 Mixed 308 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 22.8 135% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 66.8 111% 218 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 133GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5161 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1853 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5033 (C2) HDA temperature 114 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 141 Mixed 127 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 KHX2400C15D4/4G 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.7 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 83%

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Typical B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 335 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	80x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	47x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	42x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	9x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	7x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $234

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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