MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	42.7% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A45
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 12:41
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 83 1-Core 136 2-Core 253 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 728 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.9 90% 109 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 102 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 101 92 87 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 323 Write 118 Mixed 144 SusWrite 92.4 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 21.1 72% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 31.2 DQ Mixed 35.4 27% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 75%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 71GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 450 321 249 248 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 362 Mixed 381 SusWrite 322 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 40.2 140% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 322 245% 329 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 99%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 105GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 450 228 148 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 464 Write 244 Mixed 397 SusWrite 260 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 36.4 136% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 306 224% 288 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 95%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 1,612 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 114 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 119 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 112 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 267% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 89%

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Typical B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) Builds (Compare 254 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	45x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	42x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	31x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
SSD220 240GBTranscend $35Bench 71%, 12,548 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x
Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $33Bench 74%, 14,163 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	8x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $212

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 $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 $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