MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 59.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (83%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7979
Motherboard	MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 13:44
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	83%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Memory 85.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 244 28% 218 Pts	64-Core 260 16% 260 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 74.2 58% 68 fps	MRender 58.7 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 71.7 52% 62.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5316 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (A5) Unknown 100 100 60191474471 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 281 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 65 279173726241 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2327889969694 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2008 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8274 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6330 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5541 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.5% Good	Read 474 Write 226 Mixed 215 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 15.2 83% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 41.2 82% 171 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 357GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 88 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 57 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1733 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4973 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4973 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 219044118559 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 63 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 74.6 Write 87.7 Mixed 86.3 63% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.1 35% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.9% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 12.4 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 11.5 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B150M Night Elf (MS-7979) Builds (Compare 449 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	112x
Core i5-6400Intel $77Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $130Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	54x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	35x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	16x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	15x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	23x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	18x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	9x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $260

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16