MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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.
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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '23 at 20:29
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 204 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 545 60% 475 Pts	64-Core 558 35% 558 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 104 Parallax 120 93% 113 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 115 Splatting 106 103% 129 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 18GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 222 Write 398 Mixed 133 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 23.5 108% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 132 137% 230 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 673GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 59 65 70 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 159 Write 150 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 70.2 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 24GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 14.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	240	26.5"	1920 1080	GSM5B8E 27GN7

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Typical B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) Builds (Compare 1,667 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 $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	368x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	255x
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	177x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	126x

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	32x

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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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