MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	139% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 21:48
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 440 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A72) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8935 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 6.7 Parallax 8.2 6% 7.3 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 11.3 8% 9.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 479 458 427 394 354 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 616 Write 1,123 Mixed 457 SusWrite 434 149% 657 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 47.1 182% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 936 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 665 513% 710 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 262%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 93GB free Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 917 Write 1,850 Mixed 476 243% 1,081 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46.5 179% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 946 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 379 377% 617 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 262%
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$35 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 53GB free Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 53 54 52 52 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 486 Write 416 Mixed 387 SusWrite 86.3 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 40.3 150% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 248 207% 297 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 93%
0 500GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 169GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 46 46 46 46 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 75.2 Write 73 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 46 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 66%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 163 168 170 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 166 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 166 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500630NS 500GB-$53 3,965 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 79GB free Firmware: 3.AEG SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 41.5 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 38 28% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 492GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 144 147 150 150 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 111 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 146 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 114%
1 204GB 33GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 46 46 46 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.2% Poor	Read 44.6 Write 47.4 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 45.8 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.4 123% 1.3 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 159 170 180 183 174 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 113 Write 160 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 168 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 23.5 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 11: 2R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
11%	23%	13	36	27	60	23.8"	2048 1152	SAM0E0C S24H85x

History: Score 0: 0R 0G 0B | Score 11: 2R 0G 1B

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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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 $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 $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