MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27% 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	98.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '16 at 11:39
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 86.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 225 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 654 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8553) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 33.5 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 29.2 27% 31.7 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 30.5 26% 32.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 367 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 90 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 60 171799740454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3681630958 (F7) Unknown 100 100 115188885 (F8) Unknown 100 100 54563819	98.8% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 385 Mixed 406 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 32.7 136% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 66.7 114% 226 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: CV27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144780880 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 445 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8298681 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 505020445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 446 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 187 Mixed 168 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Toshiba MK5055GSXF 500GB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: FH305B Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1244 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10555 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 5851 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9912 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 710 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 403967 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864314910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 42 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3497 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 354 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 523	43.2% Average	Read 74.3 Write 76.3 Mixed 73.8 56% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 43%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 81GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 94 90 1985 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2731 (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 1129 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1821 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 171799019549 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2714 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 19 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 102480	36% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 63.9 Mixed 66.6 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.38 76% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FAD 1x16GB 549 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.2 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.4 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 48%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	404x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	147x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	237x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	112x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	75x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples	43x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $551

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