MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	360% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 03:40
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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-$241 712,312 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 (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 746 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 180 Parallax 179 134% 174 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 168 Splatting 118 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 459GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1643 1625 1629 1628 1539 1561 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 2,515 Write 2,417 Mixed 1,819 SusWrite 1,604 469% 2,089 MB/s	4K Read 67.3 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 97 324% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,454 DQ Write 1,293 DQ Mixed 1,356 1,021% 1,367 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 410%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 29GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 466 335 308 302 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 468 Mixed 371 SusWrite 362 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.5 175% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 257 220% 325 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 35GB free Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 301 260 229 227 247 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 300 Mixed 286 SusWrite 261 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.6 155% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 186 166% 249 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 60 59 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 77 Write 80.2 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 58.7 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 852GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 108 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 133 Write 120 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 109 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.7% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 80%

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

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Typical B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) Builds (Compare 1,644 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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