MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161207
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 18:35
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 227 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 632 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1286 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 80.8 0% 48 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 53.1 47% 58.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 30 19 19 16 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 474 Write 42 Mixed 3.8 SusWrite 22.3 28% 136 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 0.1 48% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 46.9 DQ Mixed 0.2 24% 60 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 78%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 78GB free Firmware: 3BKH SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 57 64 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 62.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 59.9 42% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 42%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 95GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 50 51 51 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 35.7 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 50.8 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 39%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 181 180 183 180 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 180 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 181 104% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 150% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 817GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 132 132 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 122 Write 130 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 132 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 87%

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

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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