MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 75.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 728 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB; asus nvidia 1080 turbo CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.5% Below average	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 16.5 Parallax 147 1% 54.9 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 147 Splatting 121 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 465GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65536 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 540 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 39 167505035303 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	108% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 485 Mixed 493 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 30 147% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 56.4 121% 249 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3527 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 93 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589861 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1223	77.6% Very good	Read 496 Write 319 Mixed 344 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 9.68 93% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 8.95 78% 183 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 199GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1494 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1357 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 72 72 20863 (F1) Unknown 200 200 61432570196 (F2) Unknown 200 200 55129061904	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 88 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 13.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 104%

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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	361x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 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	176x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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