MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	111% 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.
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 20:33
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 49.9 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 174 58% 106 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 353 44% 337 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 163 Parallax 146 120% 152 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 149 Splatting 108 100% 124 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 93GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14081931 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 84043920063501 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1772 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 307 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 77 42954719258 (C2) HDA temperature 26 77 42954719258 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14081931 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14081931 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14081931 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23392 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8786 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8786 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8594	81.2% Excellent	Read 471 Write 251 Mixed 271 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 22.1 123% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 68.6 99% 185 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 94%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 55GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3187957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 12077448055624 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1775 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 358 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 80 51544850460 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3187957 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3187957 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3187957 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4559 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4313 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4313 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8224	41.6% Average	Read 419 Write 78.6 Mixed 125 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 10.6 63% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 51.3 DQ Write 23.4 DQ Mixed 15.4 17% 30.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 69%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4148 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (64) Unknown 100 100 4659056 (65) Unknown 100 100 912112 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 2773 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 695 (B7) Unknown 96 96 42 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 154619543581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 94 94 6 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8603 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5196 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6920 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2703 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	48.9% Average	Read 456 Write 160 Mixed 185 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 6.51 52% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 41.2 DQ Mixed 27.7 49% 102 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-066.A00G 1x16GB 1,752 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	28.2% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 4.8 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 43%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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 $132Bench 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 $80Bench 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: $264

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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