MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.1% 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	65.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 09:54
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$241 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 781 84% 667 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB CLim: 715 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 13.5 12% 15.4 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 17.8 15% 18.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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 100 100 386 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1083 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 262 (94) Unknown 100 100 153181 (95) Unknown 100 100 2086 (96) Unknown 100 100 1995 (97) Unknown 100 100 2070 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45804 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48559590801441 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 183803 (F2) Unknown 100 100 176722 (F5) Unknown 100 100 270529 (F6) Unknown 100 100 306362 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	65.4% Good	Read 492 Write 248 Mixed 270 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 14.4 98% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 14.4 21% 37.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 91%
Apple HDD ST3000DM001 3TB 714 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3TB free Firmware: AP19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 77 123512096 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18392 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62996267 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 18427 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 37738 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 4950982695 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 316 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18703 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 -140737488355289 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 97 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5299989662428 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44991695075 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66241155861	89% Excellent	Read 160 Write 151 Mixed 160 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 98%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	214x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	150x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	145x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	116x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	45x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	37x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $426

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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