MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	18.5% 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161014
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 09:42
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 166 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 301 40% 298 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB CLim: 1385 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.8 19% 20.4 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 17.8 18% 22.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -6073082839456 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1787 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1782 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 115 115 116298931 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1782 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 679736 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 32 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 679736 (F2) Unknown 100 100 324018 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22272	62.3% Good	Read 489 Write 144 Mixed 211 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 11.9 106% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 11 32% 63.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 88%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 895GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 163 6616 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6990 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1446 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6986 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.5% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 59.7 Mixed 63.1 47% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 636GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6665 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 142534 (C2) HDA temperature 104 101 46 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.1% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 57.9 Mixed 48.1 39% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.11 34% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 59%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 425GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 191 54158 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3181 (05) Reallocated sector count 192 192 169 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 560 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2620 (C2) HDA temperature 97 94 46 (C4) Reallocation count 169 169 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 6	51.5% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 85.8 Mixed 77.9 64% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 72%
WD My Passport 0830 500GB 1,616 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 336GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 91.7 Write 36.9 Mixed 46.3 65% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 1x8GB 2,022 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.6% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 10 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 47%

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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 $45	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