MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.6% 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	13.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 23:03
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4600-$27 16,729 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 90 1-Core 109 2-Core 193 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 282 38% 282 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E348) CLim: 1210 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 24.8 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 33 20% 29.7 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 23.6 Splatting 33.4 24% 29.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SSD32G 32GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0311 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 139 (A2) Unknown 100 100 123 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 295057 (A5) Unknown 100 100 180 (A6) Unknown 100 100 115 (A7) Unknown 100 100 144 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 171801313320 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 0 0 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21751 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20799	13.7% Very poor	Read 184 Write 23.9 Mixed 37.5 18% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 1.1 18% 4.22 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 15%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 16GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196116034 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3837 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4319938599 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538509344 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 42949672992 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 39 196116034 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 99 Write 96.6 Mixed 79.6 69% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.49 105% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK4GX4M1A2400C14 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 74%

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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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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	406x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	150x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	144x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	238x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	43x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $551

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16