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MSI B250M ICAFE (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.8% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M ICAFE (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 06:46
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-9100F-$110 34,310 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 266 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 518 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 370 1,494 User benchmarks, average bench 21% XFX(1682 2016) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 28.1 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 34.2 23% 31.6 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 38 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEBKF256G7 256GB 755 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: PBF114N SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 105 353 124 62 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 665 Write 510 Mixed 479 SusWrite 192 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 54.5 200% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 472 DQ Mixed 303 249% 348 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 834GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 147 146 148 151 149 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 148 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 98%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 112 117 118 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 83.8 Write 108 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 114 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 161% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX430C13/8G 1x8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 10.8 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 12.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%

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Typical B250M ICAFE (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 6 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI B250M ICAFE (MS-7A74)

CPU
Core i5-6400Intel $62Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	2x
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	2x
Core i5-6600Intel $246Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	1x

GPU
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	1x

RAM
CM4X16GE2666C16K2 1x16GBCorsairBench 44%, 50 samples	1x
CM4X8GD3000C16K4D 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 12,037 samples	1x
CL17-17-17 D4-2400 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 232 samples	1x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $62

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350