MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 04:48
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 457 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 183 Parallax 173 134% 174 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 219GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 194 226 211 232 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 241 Mixed 275 SusWrite 214 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.5 176% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 164 148% 225 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 95%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 334GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1668 924 614 619 621 619 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,014 Write 1,581 Mixed 1,276 SusWrite 844 319% 1,429 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 88.1 297% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,552 DQ Write 1,286 DQ Mixed 1,399 1,053% 1,412 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 166 164 176 181 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 185 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 166 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

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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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Typical B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) Builds (Compare 1,644 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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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 $95Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16