MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 19:26
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 619 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 670 42% 670 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 145 Parallax 129 108% 135 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 118 68 74 70 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 308 Write 201 Mixed 231 SusWrite 87 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 29.4 121% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 98.1 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 129 103% 140 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 84%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 60GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 393 350 447 198 224 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 449 Mixed 304 SusWrite 338 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 37.6 132% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 68.9 131% 261 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 111%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 177GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 89 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 93.3 Mixed 91 SusWrite 89.1 69% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 772GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 169 170 171 169 173 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 130 Mixed 81 SusWrite 168 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 175 172 168 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 130 Write 152 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 173 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 10GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 61 64 65 63 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 70 Write 68.2 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 64.1 87% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 49%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 36.8 Write 36 Mixed 30 SusWrite 38.7 48% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 44%
WD My Passport Essential 320GB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 196GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 36.8 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 38.5 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADM 4x4GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 18.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 90%

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $426

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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