MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.9% 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	214% 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	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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 22:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 334 41% 316 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX 1,377 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 039C) 768MB Ram: 768MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.9% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 2.94 6% 6.34 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 5.87 5% 6.22 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.9% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,118 Write 1,067 Mixed 1,089 313% 1,425 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 31.8 188% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 59.3 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 183 146% 195 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5165 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1818 (B1) Unknown 88 88 239 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 265 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15794509592	113% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 43.5 176% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 110 137% 243 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 444GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217429016 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4068096 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1808 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 538837024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17612 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 51539607584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50264002264077 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5497530748 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9125996413	91.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 150 Mixed 148 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 265GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10420 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4636 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10395 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4439 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 521928735 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 13937 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.6% Average	Read 75.4 Write 80 Mixed 94.1 63% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD2 1x8GB 2,309 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 43%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) - $95

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	360x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	252x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	272x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	175x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	40x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	35x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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