MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A45
Motherboard	MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 13:20
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 410 56% 414 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 77.4 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 67.6 63% 74.5 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.8 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 308 310 307 309 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 461 Mixed 370 SusWrite 313 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64.2 221% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 7 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 5.5 11% 9.77 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 20,415 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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 40%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR ARCTIC (MS-7A45)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	45x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	42x
Core i5-6600Intel $133Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	61x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	30x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	17x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
SSD220 240GBTranscend $35Bench 71%, 12,548 samples	8x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	16x
Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $33Bench 74%, 14,163 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	8x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $212

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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