MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.48% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	229% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 05:00
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 668 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A72) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8 6% 9.12 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 16.1 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,038 Write 1,138 Mixed 1,186 320% 1,454 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 54.9 203% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 143 159% 277 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 236%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 912GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 17 (C2) HDA temperature 111 111 32 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 174 Mixed 168 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.34 140% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 3x4GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 13.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 87%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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