MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 19:38
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 689 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2071) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 117 Parallax 117 100% 119 fps	MRender 164 Gravity 115 Splatting 93.5 98% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gost SSD120 120GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 452 Mixed 339 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 41 153% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 178 176% 280 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 499GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 155 161 162 163 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 154 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 160 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 503GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 107 108 108 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 107 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

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

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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 $250Bench 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 $32Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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