MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.87% 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	62.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7972
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '17 at 23:52
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 392 53% 394 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.87% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 10.2 8% 9.68 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 7.83 7% 9.02 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.87% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 30627774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 114967684579365 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 34 90196541472 (C2) HDA temperature 32 34 90196541472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30627774 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30627774 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30627774 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 165 (EA) Unknown 0 0 258 (F1) Unknown 0 0 258 (F2) Unknown 0 0 126 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	62.3% Good	Read 465 Write 210 Mixed 271 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 12.8 84% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 89.2 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 49.8 67% 117 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 772GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54922120 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4316401707 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8773 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 214751646546 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 897 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 60129542173 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 7715 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -71743133711693 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4044652252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66162682302	88.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 159 Mixed 97.7 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

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	147x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	142x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	237x
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	61x
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 $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 $178	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