MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	76.9% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 20:04
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 647 63% 519 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^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 6067 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 595 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 49 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 158914641949 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11886559475 (F7) Unknown 100 100 373399681 (F8) Unknown 100 100 180243912 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1254 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 478 Write 285 Mixed 300 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 23.6 104% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 29.4 70% 148 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 95%
Samsung PM830 mSATA 256GB 9,379 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 143GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q 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 99 99 3537 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1447 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 164 (B2) Unknown 93 93 272 (B3) Unknown 93 93 494 (B4) Unknown 93 93 7570 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 6 (E8) Unknown 93 93 3760 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6326847739 (F2) Unknown 99 99 9944016839	79.3% Very good	Read 477 Write 383 Mixed 420 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 23.2 94% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 75.1 84% 148 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 162 6833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16438 (C2) HDA temperature 121 111 29 (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	96.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 157 Mixed 150 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 423GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28779365 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12934 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 106154383 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 5114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065679 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 34359738398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 21 28779365 (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 122359323326085 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2336739905 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2921465883	68% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 99.4 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.57 126% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GB 24,860 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 88%

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Gaming 51%

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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 $242Bench 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: $427

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