MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.9% 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	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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 09:54
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 111 2-Core 177 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 301 41% 304 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 610 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7A65) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	4.01% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 5.65 Parallax 3.66 3% 4.37 fps	MRender 7.05 Gravity 3.2 Splatting 9.83 6% 6.69 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.01% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 303 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 92 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 62 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2330489990	94.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 402 Mixed 412 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 24.7 149% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 74.1 82% 131 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 824GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 71 178537552 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 91 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 766161 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 72 68 471203868 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 92 (C2) HDA temperature 28 14 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 178537552 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64875481005971 (F1) Unknown 100 253 403670522 (F2) Unknown 100 253 287786207	108% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 182 Mixed 157 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 15GB free, PID a83a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 145 Write 15.2 Mixed 22.5 52% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.56 71% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 23.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	354x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	309x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	285x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	72x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $197

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