MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 778 75% 620 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.3 83% 102 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 83.1 72% 88.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 681GB free (System drive) Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 165 161 215 51 34 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 438 Write 348 Mixed 296 SusWrite 147 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 5.1 59% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 16.3 DQ Mixed 30.2 31% 53.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 58%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 464GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 425 455 459 363 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 464 Mixed 385 SusWrite 407 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 69.1 237% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016)-$57 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 923GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 148 155 155 121 101 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 63 SusWrite 139 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 83%

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

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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 $241Bench 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: $426

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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