MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	254% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 21:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 482 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 72.8 64% 76.6 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 72 Splatting 74.3 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 67GB free Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 961 Write 661 Mixed 718 173% 780 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 30.2 152% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 54.5 119% 247 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 156%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,480 Write 1,199 Mixed 1,328 366% 1,669 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.2 213% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 528 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 162 188% 329 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 61GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14780 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3596 (B1) Unknown 40 40 724 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 41 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 548 (F1) Unknown 99 99 118329445554	90.6% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 342 Mixed 329 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 23.6 130% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 66.6 105% 204 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 848GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5640 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3572 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 606273571 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5441 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 152 Mixed 142 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.28 132% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C14 2x16GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 103%

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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	364x
Core i5-7400Intel $90Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	253x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	274x
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 $45Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16