MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 23:07
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$130 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 98 2-Core 219 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 400 51% 388 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.3% Good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 83.4 Parallax 73.4 74% 82.4 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 74 61% 74 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 144 130 128 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 449 Mixed 362 SusWrite 159 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.2 184% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 346 227% 259 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 115%
KingFast 480GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 54GB free Firmware: R0831B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 333 11 13 12 4.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 471 Write 408 Mixed 7 SusWrite 62.8 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.3 34% 8.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 456GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 148 155 154 154 153 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 149 Write 106 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 151 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 119 120 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 120 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 74%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 554GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 34 30 27 33 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 24.8 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 30.1 19% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 1x8GB 885 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 9.5 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 48%

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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%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	406x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	150x
Core i5-6400Intel $77Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	145x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	238x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	113x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	96x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	62x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16