MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.3% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	333 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 440 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 3GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 61.2 58% 66.4 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 55.6 Splatting 56.4 49% 60.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 240GB-$232 6,637 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 152GB free Firmware: 5.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3005843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 -110698487048479 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 270 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3005843 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3005843 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3005843 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37232 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24702 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24702 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37038	58.3% Above average	Read 213 Write 163 Mixed 143 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 14.2 113% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 32.5 62% 123 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 67%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3144 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 926 (B1) Unknown 95 95 100 (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 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16800727132	80.3% Excellent	Read 507 Write 367 Mixed 386 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 9.47 107% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 26.9 58% 127 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 115%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 452GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3227 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5530 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 128 Write 109 Mixed 112 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 329GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1551 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1375 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1516 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 146 Mixed 148 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.3 113% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1GB free Firmware: 0711 Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 40 Mixed 39.8 30% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.13 39% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 104%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 7,184 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	4.96% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 7.95 Mixed 9.69 13% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 19% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.96% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 23.8 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 86%

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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	162x
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 $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	46x
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: $406

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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