MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 11:07
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 242 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 480 58% 446 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85DC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.3 79% 102 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 89 Splatting 94 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 657 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 473 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 201 (C2) HDA temperature 73 55 193274118171	70.2% Very good	Read 498 Write 278 Mixed 275 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 7.68 81% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 36.2 81% 172 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 93%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 357GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 407 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 65 43 10669 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3370 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32687 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2099 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14544824 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197568954389 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 947 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3660	52.3% Above average	Read 85.8 Write 96 Mixed 121 77% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.35 115% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 2x8GB 4,728 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 27.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 24.7 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

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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