MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	15.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 12:11
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 232 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 458 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 444 27% 444 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.2% Below average	Lighting 39.8 Reflection 45.9 Parallax 37.1 32% 40.9 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 39.8 Splatting 51.9 41% 49.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 704GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 389 401 409 193 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 274 Write 106 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 316 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 12.2 57% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 17.3 DQ Write 19.3 DQ Mixed 17.9 14% 18.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 102%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 179GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 445 288 244 243 238 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 471 Mixed 371 SusWrite 318 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.1 153% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 328 248% 331 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 99%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 676GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 86 84 86 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 84.5 Write 83.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 84.7 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 51%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 411GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 90 88 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 87.5 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 89 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 91%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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