MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% 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	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 19:27
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 430 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 93.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 98.2 76% 99.2 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 95.5 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4304RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 124 91 86 62 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 424 Write 345 Mixed 300 SusWrite 106 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 13.5 74% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 31.3 43% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 56%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 70GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 80 80 77 77 71 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 331 Write 353 Mixed 353 SusWrite 81.9 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 21.2 113% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 32.2 71% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 78%
Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB-$19 1,968 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 221GB free Firmware: SN12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 107 107 105 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 106 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 859B CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDR1 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.6 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) - $95

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	363x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	253x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	176x
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 $37Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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