MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 16:29
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 698 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.2 89% 105 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 95.9 79% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 198 188 178 183 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 147 Mixed 234 SusWrite 189 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.9 186% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 250 202% 289 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 149GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 170 121 170 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 331 Write 266 Mixed 274 SusWrite 164 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 48 174% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 185 154% 220 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 676GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 147 167 173 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 157 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 165 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.1% 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 (61^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.7% 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%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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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 $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 $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