MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 11:37
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 660 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 39.7 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 37.7 32% 36.4 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 36.9 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 449 462 467 468 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 462 Mixed 426 SusWrite 459 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.7 167% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 271 217% 305 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 906GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 208 205 209 209 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 165 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 208 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 250GB-$44 9,759 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 93GB free Firmware: GM2OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 82 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 83.3 Write 77.3 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 81.5 53% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 50%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 283GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 99 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 104 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x8GB-$25 15,542 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 10.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 50%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	360x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	252x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	272x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	175x
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 $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	40x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	35x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $442

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