MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A69
Motherboard	MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 11:05
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 75.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 228 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 442 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1851 Write 1378 Mixed 484 272% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44.7 175% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 847 DQ Mixed 819 649% 906 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Transcend MSA720 mSATA 128GB-$178 135 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 66GB free Firmware: 5.0.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 126 111 87 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 348 Write 124 Mixed 173 SusWrite 112 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 36.9 104% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 104 97% 153 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 247GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 104 Write 118 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 107 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 68 69 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 65.2 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 66.9 44% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-062.A00G 1x8GB 4,218 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 43%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M MORTAR (MS-7A69)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	373x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	266x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	256x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	223x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	143x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	44x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	36x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $305

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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