MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	144% 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	79.2% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '19 at 21:33
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 225 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 614 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4103 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	144% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 213 Parallax 200 156% 202 fps	MRender 267 Gravity 192 Splatting 124 151% 194 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 159 157 169 134 159 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 461 Write 425 Mixed 334 SusWrite 172 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 33.4 120% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 157 155% 249 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 103%
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 301 305 294 293 254 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 440 Mixed 362 SusWrite 292 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 41.5 146% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 168 176% 289 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 112%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 5.5TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 4TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 16 17 17 19 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 64%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.6 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.49% Terrible	Read 26 Write 17.7 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 4.3 14% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.49% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 16GB 442 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 95%

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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	360x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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