MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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	84.8% 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	123% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 16:08
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th 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-$190 195,006 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 91.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 501 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 113 90% 113 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 82.2 74% 92.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 121GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 364 265 152 149 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 451 Write 416 Mixed 342 SusWrite 239 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 36.6 138% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 281 209% 274 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 372 378 406 398 379 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 473 Mixed 358 SusWrite 390 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 59.6 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 647GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 116 114 114 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 115 Write 116 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 458GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 119 118 118 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 114 Write 68.3 Mixed 72 SusWrite 119 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 44%

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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 $230Bench 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 $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $406

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