MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.01% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 18:07
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 415 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%

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. 24.20.100.6025 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.01% Terrible	Lighting 6.37 Reflection 9.23 Parallax 6.34 5% 7.31 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 5.57 Splatting 13.3 8% 8.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.01% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2026 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 644 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1739504943738 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 30 300647710765 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 906246947027 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2255 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5927 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3506 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5814 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.9% Good	Read 466 Write 319 Mixed 114 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 0.04 70% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 0.05 58% 139 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 86%
Seagate STM3500418AS 500GB 8,252 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 910GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192102001 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8639812392 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1357 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 605749284 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 38654705700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 23 192102001 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 134599980096840 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2587273335 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2345954429	67.4% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 109 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.66 133% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 71%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 382GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 86 3172 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3273 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1107 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1215 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 200 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 214749544482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 249 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 18 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 54815	52.2% Above average	Read 87 Write 94.9 Mixed 93.9 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.32 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 306GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1430 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3484 (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 93 93 2928 (0A) Spinup retry count 169 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2155 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 31054 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749413405 (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 3 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1296 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 266 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.7% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 96.2 Mixed 89.4 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 62%

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 below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 89%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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