MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Graphics	3.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '22 at 23:18
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$89 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 60.8 2-Core 144 45% 103 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 307 40% 303 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 43% Great: 73%

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. 30.0.101.1340 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.46% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 4.3 Parallax 5.8 4% 5.1 fps	MRender 7.1 Gravity 1 Splatting 0.2 2% 2.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.46% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3700100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 250 75 75 30 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 296 Write 246 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 122 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 10 41% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 34.1 70% 141 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	19.5% Very poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 6.4 21% 7.5 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 3.4 13% 4.4 GB/s	Latency 624 6% 624 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 79%

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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 PC MATE (MS-7A72) Builds (Compare 1,659 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) - $95

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $88Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	366x
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	253x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	275x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	176x
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 $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	40x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	36x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16