MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 21:21
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 512 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 203 Parallax 187 159% 195 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 189 Splatting 125 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 116 48 2.4 9.7 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 310 Write 102 Mixed 138 SusWrite 47.4 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 23.1 108% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 138 126% 188 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 520GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 160 164 164 166 163 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 124 Write 128 Mixed 84 SusWrite 163 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP24D4U7S1MBP-4 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 1,057 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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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