MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	47.4% 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	20.7 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 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 00:04
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 773 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 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 (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 149 Parallax 124 107% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% 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)	47.3% Average	Lighting 58.9 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 69.3 48% 64.3 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 53.6 46% 56.9 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 107GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,067 Write 1,207 Mixed 1,258 333% 1,510 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 49.6 222% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 594 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 25.4 150% 349 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 215 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (A5) Unknown 100 100 63 (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 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 54 231928234019 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77310722066 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 92 (EA) Unknown 100 100 352 (F1) Unknown 100 100 140 (F2) Unknown 100 100 241 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.4% Average	Read 506 Write 145 Mixed 233 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 5.68 55% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 84.2 DQ Write 43.3 DQ Mixed 5.77 20% 44.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 55%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3TB free Firmware: 040B Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 140 Write 95.8 Mixed 95.9 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 4.49 4K Mixed 0.55 170% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68% 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 189 Write 159 Mixed 106 184% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.27 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	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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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 $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	162x
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	46x
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: $405

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) $29	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