MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '17 at 19:27
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 83.7 2-Core 158 68% 111 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 266 32% 249 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100 26,726 User benchmarks, average bench 18% MSI(1462 8098) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 16% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 322GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 82 184800505 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (07) Seek error rate 68 59 34416097135 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1618 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3446 (BC) Unknown 100 1 12885100754 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 64 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 739 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38785 (C2) HDA temperature 33 54 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 37 184800505 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	40.6% Average	Read 74.4 Write 67.2 Mixed 65.1 52% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.32 67% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 43%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 298GB free Firmware: JF100-19 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 18 4352 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13904 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32211 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7346 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 12437 (B8) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 460379 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 154 94 806158364 (C2) HDA temperature 142 91 822935584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12437 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 37 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 4	39.9% Below average	Read 68.1 Write 71 Mixed 68.1 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 42%
Seagate ST3160215AS 160GB-$32 6,007 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 167300575 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10739 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 256 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 37 22164733993 (C2) HDA temperature 41 63 85899345961 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 72 74234106 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 183 422 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	24.6% Poor	Read 41.6 Write 44.2 Mixed 31.9 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.41 75% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 41%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 148GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 40.5 Mixed 32.2 48% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 1x4GB 5,412 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 49%

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Typical B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 1,848 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	255x

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	143x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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