MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161026
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 05:20
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-7400-$178 8,621 User benchmarks - Average bench 73% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	SC Int 98 SC Float 105 SC Mixed 101 81% 101 Pts	QC Int 371 QC Float 403 QC Mixed 392 88% 389 Pts	MC Int 376 MC Float 416 MC Mixed 391 59% 394 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$350 54,835 User benchmarks - Average bench 64% Asus(1043 04FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 175 Reflection 168 Parallax 231 60% 192 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 172 Splatting 124 63% 146 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 72%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$47 287,233 User benchmarks - Average bench 88% 687GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 169 2550 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 31 (C2) HDA temperature 114 111 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	94.2% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 164 Mixed 137 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.35 134% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$80 3,338 User benchmarks - Average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 47%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) - $80

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $198Bench 80%, 8,702 samples	159x
Core i5-7600KIntel $220Bench 95%, 24,985 samples	79x
Core i7-7700KIntel $291Bench 99%, 78,299 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $265Bench 72%, 114,687 samples	132x
GTX 1050 TiNvidia $145Bench 39%, 47,465 samples	68x
GTX 1070Nvidia $410Bench 101%, 151,116 samples	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 94%, 163,575 samples	68x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $64Bench 58%, 17,332 samples	30x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $149Bench 97%, 97,875 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $152Bench 84%, 33,980 samples	40x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $134Bench 71%, 12,187 samples	36x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 76%, 4,111 samples	35x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $792

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $291	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $265	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $149

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $152	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $40	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20