MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	280% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 11 '19 at 10:55
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 758 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A62) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6709 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.76% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.25 6% 9.32 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 16.2 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.76% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 151 Parallax 143 117% 146 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 546 552 549 543 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,361 Write 1,435 Mixed 1,268 SusWrite 544 310% 1,402 MB/s	4K Read 70.2 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 98.1 334% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,368 DQ Write 797 DQ Mixed 197 384% 788 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 293%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 113GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,745 Write 8,134 Mixed 8,384 1,881% 8,421 MB/s	4K Read 776 4K Write 357 4K Mixed 470 1,966% 534 MB/s	DQ Read 1,863 DQ Write 1,244 DQ Mixed 1,386 1,079% 1,498 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 291GB free Firmware: SM12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 107 105 110 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 88 Write 82.8 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 104 62% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 63%
LaCie P9233 4TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 44GB free, PID 106f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 143 147 148 147 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 68 Write 85.7 Mixed 88 SusWrite 145 140% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G 24GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 100%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) Builds (Compare 1,061 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

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: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16