MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 00:08
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 243 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 755 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6591) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 154 Parallax 130 116% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 158 Splatting 115 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 480GB 3,502 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 446GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2887 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 97 97 17179869626 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655396 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 195 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5423	103% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 499 Mixed 507 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 14.4 128% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 68.2 123% 242 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 178 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4522035 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 247 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 63 270584512560 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60129542158 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 494 (EA) Unknown 100 100 563 (F1) Unknown 253 253 555 (F2) Unknown 253 253 52 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73% Very good	Read 491 Write 234 Mixed 308 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 14.4 118% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 30.2 50% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2323 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2087 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 159 Mixed 160 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.25 110% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 71112 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1059 (C2) HDA temperature 114 89 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 184 184 1364 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 188 185 1025 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 171 171 5822	51.4% Above average	Read 54.4 Write 125 Mixed 117 75% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.42 100% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 4.49 Mixed 8.66 15% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 1.02 86% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 4,772 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 91%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) - $95

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	360x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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