MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 14:20
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 259 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 515 69% 516 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.7% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 70.6 63% 76 fps	MRender 76.2 Gravity 69 Splatting 62 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 107GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 85 85 8499236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -41996190212189 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1894 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 540 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8499236 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8499236 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8499236 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4703 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3103 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3103 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7308	73.1% Very good	Read 491 Write 149 Mixed 222 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 16.5 131% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 14 49% 108 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 82%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6739 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1271 (B1) Unknown 94 94 217 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19451589548	58.4% Above average	Read 504 Write 232 Mixed 270 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 12.4 76% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 57.2 DQ Mixed 11.8 17% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 628GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 17 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 69 9106 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4105 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12039 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2594 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569216543 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 32 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4137	70.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 114 Mixed 140 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 75%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 127GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 40.4 Mixed 16.2 39% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.18 48% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 19%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

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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	363x
Core i5-7400Intel $90Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	253x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	176x
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 $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	40x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	61x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16