MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	110% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 435 54% 413 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (97 fps cap detected)	78.3% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 82 78% 91.4 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 97.6 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 345 343 345 326 322 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 448 Mixed 377 SusWrite 342 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55.9 187% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 265 199% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 110 110 110 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 111 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 51%

Yacht

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	161x
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 $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	45x
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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $427

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