MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 05:06
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 347 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 33.1 30% 32.4 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 34 29% 35.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 128GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1222A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5482 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 257 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11999 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9268 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5740	83.5% Excellent	Read 517 Write 423 Mixed 464 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 4.62 108% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 4.63 52% 113 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 86%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$55 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 175 168 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 591 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 33 (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	71.2% Very good	Read 131 Write 117 Mixed 113 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.5 151% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 76%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 35GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220276265 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1407761 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1759 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 81 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 488374300 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18969 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 58 220276265 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	24.7% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 44.4 Mixed 41.7 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.27 53% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 39%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 64GB 8,040 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 19GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 6.68 Mixed 12.1 15% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.26 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 1.26 115% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 91%

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Desktop 88%

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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	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 $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	28x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $406

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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