MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.1% 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	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A64
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 22:57
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 220 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 342 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04D3) 2GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 31.7 21% 29 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 28.7 21% 25.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1998 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (A2) Unknown 100 100 182 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262160 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1889 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1908	78.1% Very good	Read 518 Write 317 Mixed 255 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 10.5 98% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 42.7 84% 173 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 97%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 73GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 133708534 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1351 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 856424476 (C2) HDA temperature 28 51 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 79 67 197307536 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.1% Average	Read 63.7 Write 79.5 Mixed 62.4 51% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.39 84% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 54%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 15GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6130 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1739 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 53 269090832 (C2) HDA temperature 82 52 302645266 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2949454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	42.4% Average	Read 69.8 Write 78 Mixed 57.3 51% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 80 237847226 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119441997 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4116 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 6876 (BC) Unknown 100 94 12885099480 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 50 420479001 (C2) HDA temperature 25 50 34359738393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 21 237847226 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110685602208836 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3562531521 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143419610	40.8% Average	Read 70.9 Write 71.1 Mixed 46.7 47% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.39 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 108%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	97x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	57x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	15x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x

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Total price: $515

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