MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46% 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	69.8% 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A45
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 19:03
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	MUS-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 103 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 388 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 690 (SLI Disabled) 5,438 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 8406) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46% Average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 45.7 53% 48.6 fps	MRender 47.9 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 32.7 32% 40.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^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 1189 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 55 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 30480 (A5) Unknown 100 100 88 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (94) Unknown 100 100 34098 (95) Unknown 100 100 1086 (96) Unknown 100 100 952 (97) Unknown 100 100 1065 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 51 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 145135 (F2) Unknown 100 100 135920 (F5) Unknown 100 100 487680	69.8% Good	Read 501 Write 325 Mixed 343 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 15.3 96% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 61.7 DQ Mixed 15.2 20% 35.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 715GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 34 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7141 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10361 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2045 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10132 (C2) HDA temperature 113 87 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2653 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	77.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 132 Mixed 129 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.41 124% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x16GB 15,722 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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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	30x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
SSD220 240GBTranscend $38Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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