MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	206% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). 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	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '19 at 12:06
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 52.1 2-Core 200 60% 109 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 646 58% 488 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 131 Parallax 112 96% 120 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 119 Splatting 95.3 86% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1021 811 839 841 851 849 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,704 Write 1,735 Mixed 1,482 SusWrite 869 325% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 44.2 149% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 743 DQ Mixed 833 634% 860 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 284%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 447GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 360 228 303 311 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 440 Write 361 Mixed 344 SusWrite 309 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 42.1 133% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 297 201% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 827GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 16 12 11 9.6 8.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 7.8 Write 7.3 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 11 2% 8.48 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 0% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 255GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 437 435 433 430 432 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 377 Write 435 Mixed 351 SusWrite 434 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 29.4 94% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 338 255% 343 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/8G 029E CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 9.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 74%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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