MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 08:24
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 714 77% 612 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 105 83% 106 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 0.13 46% 64.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SN6S-256G-1006 256GB 4,074 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3511006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 254 253 254 254 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 389 Mixed 239 SusWrite 259 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 36.5 154% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 203 172% 254 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%
Patriot Torqx 128GB SSD 47 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 118GB free Firmware: 2030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 147 150 150 151 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 192 Write 142 Mixed 108 SusWrite 149 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 12.5 65% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 59.1 DQ Write 10.7 DQ Mixed 14.7 16% 28.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 38%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 263GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 91 Write 81.4 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 83.4 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G4D26AFTA.8FBD 04CD F4-2400C15-16GFT 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.1% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 73%

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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%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) - $95

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	368x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	254x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	176x
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 $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	40x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	36x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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