MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.2% 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	98.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '22 at 21:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 183 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 577 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 511.09 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.2% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 48.4 Parallax 34.3 30% 39.8 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 39 Splatting 27.9 28% 34.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 199 196 201 192 204 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 277 Mixed 201 SusWrite 200 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 50.8 179% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 253 211% 305 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 107%
WD My Book 1140 3TB 6,710 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 493GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 107 107 106 107 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 103 Write 107 Mixed 74.6 SusWrite 105 132% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%
Generic SD/MMC 1GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.2 5.2 5 5.1 5.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	3.81% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 5.1 8% 6.45 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 20% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR26D4U9S1KA-4 ACR26D4U9S8ME-8 Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 20GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 72%

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

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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	369x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	256x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	278x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	178x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	127x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $88Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	40x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	36x

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