MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	49% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 19:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 462 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.21% Terrible	Lighting 9.57 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.03 8% 9.61 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 9.87 Splatting 10.7 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.21% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 3107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 55 193274708005 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6247365371 (F7) Unknown 100 100 196291710 (F8) Unknown 100 100 68069122 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1259 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	49% Average	Read 469 Write 115 Mixed 137 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 54.9 4K Mixed 8.77 68% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 30.2 DQ Mixed 13.6 28% 61.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 95%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 68GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 75 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 28083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 822 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 840 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 92 92 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C2) HDA temperature 65 56 188979413027 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	93.6% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 466 Mixed 413 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 34.8 124% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 47.8 DQ Mixed 52.7 64% 120 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 286GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 884 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 605552676 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3291 (C2) HDA temperature 107 101 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81.7% Excellent	Read 125 Write 160 Mixed 95.7 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 90%

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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	146x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	236x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	60x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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