MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 10:21
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 428 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 34 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 34.7 28% 37 fps	MRender 42.1 Gravity 35 Splatting 24.4 27% 33.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 390 168 347 151 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 432 Mixed 377 SusWrite 268 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.7 193% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 259 220% 322 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 403 Write 374 Mixed 287 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 24.4 131% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 138 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 405GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 154 157 139 142 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 120 Mixed 15.4 SusWrite 148 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBR2 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FADP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBR2 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%

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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 $230Bench 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 $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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