MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 01:14
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 486 63% 477 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 140 Parallax 120 106% 130 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 173 167 171 169 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 446 Mixed 268 SusWrite 172 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44.9 168% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 190 163% 242 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 147GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 355 426 298 274 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 479 Mixed 454 SusWrite 330 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67.9 230% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 622GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 183 185 182 176 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 151 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 173 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 594GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 161 161 160 159 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 163 Mixed 111 SusWrite 160 111% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2267 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 95%

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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 $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	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 $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