MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 15:21
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 208 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 437 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% MSI(1462 C411) CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 102 69% 88.2 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 85.5 Splatting 64.4 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 42 40 43 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 114 136 142 130 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 118 Mixed 82 SusWrite 142 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 196GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 75 77 75 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 73.5 Write 87.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 75.9 55% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 62%
Generic Flash Disk 32GB 9,471 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 12GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 6.2 6.6 6.8 6 7 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 8.7 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 6.7 10% 8.73 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 74%

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

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