MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 01:04
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 410 60% 438 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 102 64% 83.9 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 59.6 56% 69.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 276 6.5 135 3.1 9.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 461 Write 404 Mixed 11 SusWrite 83.2 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.4 50% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 379GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 74 71 76 75 78 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 120 Write 107 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 73.5 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 120 114 122 119 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 117 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 8502 2400 C15 Series 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.7 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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