MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	89% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A45
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5864 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '16 at 22:28
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 196 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 328 44% 326 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 94% 114 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 101 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 85 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5563 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (94) Unknown 100 100 7159 (95) Unknown 100 100 249 (96) Unknown 100 100 62 (97) Unknown 100 100 223 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 42319 (F2) Unknown 100 100 51696 (F5) Unknown 100 100 89008	89% Excellent	Read 514 Write 321 Mixed 354 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 29.7 126% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 60.4 96% 183 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 118%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 731GB free Firmware: AX0A4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 1692 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3522 (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 62 62 15461 (0A) Spinup retry count 170 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3257 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1692 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 129880 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214748954652 (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 0 (DE) Loaded hours 72 72 11278 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 263 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	59.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 98 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 26.2 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 95%

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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 $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 $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