MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 23:30
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 690 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.4 89% 104 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 95.7 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 497 Write 443 Mixed 242 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.5 180% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 228 196% 292 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 13GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 276 Write 226 Mixed 250 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 49.1 153% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 156 139% 208 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 279GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 141 140 140 134 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	78% Very good	Read 137 Write 122 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 135 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 16GB 431 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.9 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	214x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	150x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	145x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	161x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	116x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	95x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	45x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	43x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	37x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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