MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 08:06
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 213 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 430 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 58 Parallax 115 67% 84.9 fps	MRender 58.6 Gravity 89 Splatting 74.2 61% 73.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 100 100 684 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4264 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 29 (A3) Unknown 100 100 271 (94) Unknown 100 100 15616 (95) Unknown 100 100 234 (96) Unknown 100 100 119 (97) Unknown 100 100 211 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4961 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48555346427938 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19906 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27783 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29300 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31232 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	73.7% Very good	Read 485 Write 252 Mixed 262 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 21 99% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 46.6 80% 159 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 25769804074 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (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 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 167505231910 (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 0	114% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 182 Mixed 168 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.2 116% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21493842210 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 176095100966 (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 0	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 185 Mixed 168 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.18 100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 20 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 84%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	374x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	266x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	256x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	47x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16