MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (1st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 99 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A62
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '21 at 17:17
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.7% Poor	Memory 37 1-Core 59.4 2-Core 80.4 35% 58.9 Pts	4-Core 104 8-Core 129 15% 116 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 C732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 109 9% 54.2 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 121 Splatting 97.4 101% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 321 521 509 460 312 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 694 Write 458 Mixed 458 SusWrite 432 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 8.2 34% 9.8 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 451 DQ Mixed 515 352% 426 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 254%
WDC WD64 00BEVT-60A0RT0 640GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 113GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 21 26 30 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.1% Very poor	Read 32 Write 26.4 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 23.4 35% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 14.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 11.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 217 18% 217 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16