MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 00:09
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 430 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.3 83% 103 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 97.8 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 628GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 239 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27472 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 253 (F1) Unknown 200 200 3140072984 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5397335918	96.7% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 154 Mixed 153 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.32 123% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 109%
WD WD1600HLFS-60G6U2 160GB 3,337 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.04V03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 191 3350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 901 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 901 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 72 72 21032 (F1) Unknown 200 200 20449915581 (F2) Unknown 200 200 41052608308	60.2% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 103 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.59 154% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-042.A00G 1x8GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.2 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 46%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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 $110Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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