MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.1% 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	49.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 16:52
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 699 68% 561 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 1822 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Lighting 50.9 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 43.5 42% 47.9 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 40.2 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 44GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3491 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1102 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 54 48 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4364178275	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 410 Mixed 418 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 42.9 173% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 112 143% 257 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12703110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8924942042601 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 14 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 55 77313015849 (C2) HDA temperature 41 55 77313015849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12703110 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12703110 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12703110 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3895 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3328 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3328 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1870 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4194347	49.6% Average	Read 444 Write 111 Mixed 127 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 7.9 74% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 79.4 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 22.5 37% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400 2.5" 320GB-$35 9,368 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 257GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 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 119 99 207459496 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2260 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8714765008 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2103 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065771 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 673120295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1097 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 92157 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 55834574887 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 46 207459496 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -77476915047726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 351228725 (F2) Unknown 100 253 150166519 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 1 2917 (FB) Unknown 100 1 161 (FC) Unknown 100 1 5 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 81 Write 85.2 Mixed 72.6 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.35 67% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 50%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 220GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 170 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7053 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13915 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 232914 (C2) HDA temperature 106 91 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.5% Average	Read 89.6 Write 79.1 Mixed 89.4 65% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.4 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 25.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 85%

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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	404x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	146x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	236x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	60x
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 $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) $35	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