MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	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.

High background CPU (28%). 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 05:07
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$170 195,006 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 (96^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 497 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3720) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 82 Parallax 72.4 68% 79.1 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 74.2 63% 77.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$104 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 481GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 467 471 472 476 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 476 Mixed 367 SusWrite 460 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 51.9 187% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 279 229% 327 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 120%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 128 132 130 130 132 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 23.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 52%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	215x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	151x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	146x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	162x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	116x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	32x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	46x
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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $495

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16