MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A62
MotherboardMSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)  (all builds)
Memory22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170710
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 18 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing below expectations (28th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
70.2% Very good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 98.2
2-Core 199
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 315
8-Core 450
48% 382 Pts
64-Core 462
29% 462 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 159
Parallax 156
100% 146 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 155
Splatting 113
101% 125 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 100%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 41 32 37 31 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 152 162 165 164 166 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 119
Write 103
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 158
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.8
226% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50
401GB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 121 121 121 121 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
70.7% Very good
Read 126
Write 121
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 120
69% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
60.4% Good
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 23.4
MC Mixed 19.3
61% 21.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 17.9
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 76.6
52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 60.4%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 1,058 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $405
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