MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 167% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	223% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '22 at 22:41
Run Duration	430 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 218 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 386 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,306 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Device(107D 2788) ≥ 4GB; LEADTECH HURRICAN CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4975 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Lighting 336 Reflection 415 Parallax 374 274% 375 fps	MRender 369 Gravity 262 Splatting 190 214% 274 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 253 278 279 282 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,373 Write 1,100 Mixed 130 SusWrite 274 210% 969 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 81.8 277% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 831 DQ Mixed 510 470% 721 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 271%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 356GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 59 60 59 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 86.6 Write 84.7 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 58.8 51% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 308GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 124 125 125 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 123 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 520GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 95 96 96 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 122 Write 82.5 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 94.7 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 24.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 89%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	254x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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