MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.76% 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	83.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 780 75% 621 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A72) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.76% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8 7% 9.35 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.76% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 28 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 66 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51244767	83.6% Excellent	Read 474 Write 266 Mixed 272 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 26.9 126% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 61.2 95% 184 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 110%
Hitachi HTS725032A7E630 320GB-$89 9,811 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 298GB free Firmware: GHBOA470 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 222 100 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 370671640 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 589833 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 193 (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 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 96.8 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 408GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 92.3 Write 87.1 Mixed 69.8 104% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 44%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 2,589 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.5% Terrible	Read 30.5 Write 7.86 Mixed 7.36 15% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.77 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 22% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.5% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 85%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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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