MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 21:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 746 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 146 Parallax 135 110% 139 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 04C2) CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	47.4% Average	Lighting 58.8 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 70.7 48% 64.7 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 54 46% 57.3 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 199 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A5) Unknown 100 100 57 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 105 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 54 231928234021 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68720787472 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 87 (EA) Unknown 100 100 324 (F1) Unknown 100 100 132 (F2) Unknown 100 100 213 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54% Above average	Read 508 Write 217 Mixed 135 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 6.32 60% 20.3 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 65.3 DQ Mixed 3.44 24% 56.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 55%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3TB free Firmware: 040B Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 162 Write 113 Mixed 95.5 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 7.62 4K Mixed 0.48 231% 3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%
WD easystore 25FB 4TB 3,961 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 188 Write 160 Mixed 105 184% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.29 103% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.8% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 51%

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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