MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170809
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 02:41
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 277 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 775 78% 636 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A69) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.03% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 8.81 7% 9.58 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.03% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.2 93% 110 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 196883528 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 246177176 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 521076764 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 660 (C2) HDA temperature 28 12 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 196883528 (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 110256105459221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37038888344 (F2) Unknown 100 253 68037090374	86.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 160 Mixed 134 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.07 23% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 112%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 8GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 40 Write 42 Mixed 41.5 54% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%

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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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Typical B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 1,846 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	264x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	254x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 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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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $305

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