MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 65.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.69% is a very low 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 20:15
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 i3-7100-$110 12,329 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	65.5% Good	SC Int 116 SC Float 122 SC Mixed 119 95% 119 Pts	QC Int 290 QC Float 312 QC Mixed 292 67% 298 Pts	MC Int 294 MC Float 338 MC Mixed 311 47% 314 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 34,087 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	7.69% Terrible	Lighting 19.5 Reflection 26.4 Parallax 19.7 6% 21.9 fps	MRender 18.4 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 33 9% 22.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$80 11,831 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 198GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 90 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 287 (94) Unknown 100 100 9089 (95) Unknown 100 100 150 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 122 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3141 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44152920801312 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11500 (F2) Unknown 100 100 45846 (F5) Unknown 100 100 18551 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18178 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.1% Very good	Read 491 Write 241 Mixed 270 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 24.1 110% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 39.9 84% 173 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 77%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$34 34,744 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 300GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 100 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 100 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 180389806116 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73% Very good	Read 126 Write 129 Mixed 119 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.09 46% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$154 10,545 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $192Bench 80%, 27,206 samples	181x
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 100%, 156,048 samples	151x
Core i7-7700Intel $290Bench 87%, 35,389 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $300Bench 72%, 250,718 samples	182x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	130x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 133,084 samples	107x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	80x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 95%, 184,154 samples	38x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 218%, 90,940 samples	34x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $154Bench 75%, 10,545 samples	55x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $173Bench 73%, 21,403 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $170Bench 74%, 14,214 samples	29x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $725

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $195	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12