MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% 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 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 10:32
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 699 66% 549 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.5 91% 108 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1154 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 155 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5739477140	110% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 404 Mixed 415 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 44.3 178% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 96.5 108% 190 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 504GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 49 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3454 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4639 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14952 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 461 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4598 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 169 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 37 270583660568 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 38666 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 461 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 75292	48.3% Average	Read 79.3 Write 88.8 Mixed 74.7 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$46 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 127GB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 100072325 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16152283 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 63 420872217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 164 (C2) HDA temperature 25 17 73014444057 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 100072325 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 140 Write 76.1 Mixed 114 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 22.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 25.3 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 90%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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	360x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	252x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	272x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	175x
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 $43Bench 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 $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