MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 18:20
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7300-$97 1,568 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 353 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.14% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 4.88 Parallax 3.38 3% 4.05 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 4.07 Splatting 3.09 3% 3.84 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.14% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8683 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2018 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 847 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4763 (C2) HDA temperature 119 96 33 (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 49861 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	94.9% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 138 Mixed 133 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.5 149% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 1003YAM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152734888 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 133270264604 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3212 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 505085981 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2441 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54042 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 51539607581 (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 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 96.8 Mixed 99.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.14 51% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 148 1258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2650 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1243 (BF) G-sense error rate 90 90 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5939 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.1% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 103 Mixed 91.9 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.26 77% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 2x4GB 2,336 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 89%

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Typical B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) Builds (Compare 1,644 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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