MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.8% 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	77.2% 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161026
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '17 at 10:45
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 below expectations (37^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 331 41% 312 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 39 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 82.3 32% 53.2 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 33 Splatting 29.3 26% 32 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1025 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 139 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 55 193274773544 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2720611239 (F7) Unknown 100 100 85370930 (F8) Unknown 100 100 48743549 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1254 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77.2% Very good	Read 473 Write 329 Mixed 335 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 22.5 95% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 40.5 77% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 310 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 536 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 212 Write 96.3 Mixed 150 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.14 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 915GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112639120 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1744 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9238631530 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1417 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2848 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 77309411356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 14173392088177 (F1) Unknown 100 253 94370551230 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95938573894	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 181 Mixed 162 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.36 114% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 88.9 Mixed 66 104% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.1 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 $179	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