MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 16:40
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 506 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 136 Parallax 120 106% 129 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 390 458 323 317 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 480 Mixed 457 SusWrite 356 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67.4 228% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 843GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 177 180 180 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 177 Mixed 113 SusWrite 178 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 861GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 95 97 95 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 83.5 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 95.3 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C18D4/8G KHX2666C13D4/8GX KHX3200C18D4/8G 24GB 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns

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Typical B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69) Builds (Compare 335 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	80x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	47x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	53x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	42x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	9x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	7x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $234

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