MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.7% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 23:08
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 780 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3795) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2327 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 145 Parallax 120 101% 130 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 125 Splatting 109 93% 115 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 421GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 113920957 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 437 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60129057 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 59 638713893 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 453 (C2) HDA temperature 37 6 25769803813 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 113920957 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 138615774515724 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6506268828 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20611575959	14.8% Very poor	Read 157 Write 129 Mixed 115 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.25 2% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 122%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3387 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 273 (A5) Unknown 100 100 44237341 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 544 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 72 309238497326 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1331442614582 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1883 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5883 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4672 (F2) Unknown 253 253 26916 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.6% Good	Read 488 Write 165 Mixed 243 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 20.5 93% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 8.85 61% 142 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Expansion 3TB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 0708 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 80.7 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 4.83 4K Mixed 0.47 180% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 463GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240980336 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1160 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 133734616 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1112 (B4) Unknown 100 100 10887983 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 672464935 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28568 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 38654705703 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.2% Good	Read 122 Write 115 Mixed 122 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.35 110% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2133C15-4GNT 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2133C15-4GNT 04CD F4-2133C15-4GVR 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 24.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 75%

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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