MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A72
Motherboard	MSI B250 PC MATE (MS-7A72) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 12 '18 at 15:14
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 426 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L7 EVO SSD 120GB 731 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 21GB free Firmware: V2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 759 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29989 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 765 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10452 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	68.5% Good	Read 489 Write 354 Mixed 408 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 3.11 78% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 3.72 40% 91.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 64%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8736351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 -4664334463341 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1127 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 180 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 65 42953932826 (C2) HDA temperature 26 65 42953932826 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8736351 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8736351 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8736351 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27712 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9195 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9195 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6257	57.5% Above average	Read 453 Write 76.2 Mixed 128 47% 219 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 13 107% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 77.7 DQ Mixed 21.7 36% 70 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 133GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221276229 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4327679755 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4626 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 76 51 404029464 (C2) HDA temperature 24 49 42949672984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 51 221276229 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44.3% Average	Read 79.3 Write 74.8 Mixed 94 63% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.27 75% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB 20,001 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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