MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% 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	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 18:57
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 200 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 408 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 85.2 57% 72 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 77.8 54% 64.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^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 100 100 334 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 37 (A3) Unknown 100 100 202 (94) Unknown 100 100 94579 (95) Unknown 100 100 1374 (96) Unknown 100 100 1206 (97) Unknown 100 100 1351 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20401 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40854402498590 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 79614 (F2) Unknown 100 100 144057 (F5) Unknown 100 100 120493 (F6) Unknown 100 100 189158 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	66% Good	Read 481 Write 248 Mixed 263 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 17.4 87% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 45.8 DQ Mixed 31.5 49% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C 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 116 99 111785168 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 75031100 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1833 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 496 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 521601052 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2690 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 11 111785168 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -9320079028191 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2139630906 (F2) Unknown 100 253 540512474	73.8% Very good	Read 127 Write 131 Mixed 110 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.79 134% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 2x4GB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 13.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M Night Elf (MS-7979)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	112x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	75x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 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 $80Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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