MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 04:54
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 399 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 66.4 64% 73.4 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 68.5 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 979 803 836 815 841 817 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,831 Write 1,752 Mixed 1512 SusWrite 848 333% 1,486 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 60.4 210% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,341 DQ Write 611 DQ Mixed 1,006 738% 986 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 284%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 920GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 174 170 172 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 165 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 170 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 1GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 3.9 3.9 5.2 4.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 5.8 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 4.2 10% 10 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 3.4 218% 4.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	65.9% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 81%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $32Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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