MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% 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	142% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 660 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8673) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 113 Parallax 117 98% 117 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 113 Splatting 88.5 98% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802E0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 191 982 661 78 863 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1657 Write 166 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 531 132% 612 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 14.5 105% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 575 DQ Write 46.3 DQ Mixed 28.3 92% 216 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 248%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 132GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 50 49 49 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 56.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 49.2 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 49%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 988GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 105 104 103 104 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 66 Write 39.7 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 102 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 72%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 351GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 127 Write 37 Mixed 47 SusWrite 39.3 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 69%
Seagate ST320VT000-1BS14C 320GB 525 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 114GB free Firmware: 0001SDC1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 50 48 51 53 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 58.7 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 50 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 59% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 029E CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.6 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 73%

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

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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 $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 $179	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