MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.43% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 520 69% 519 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A65) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.93 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.69 6% 8.99 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.4 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.50 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 95 95 78328338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -131597797945285 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3138 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 193 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 78328338 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 78328338 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 78328338 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9021 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9871 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9871 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10986	65.8% Good	Read 435 Write 192 Mixed 202 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14 117% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 13.1 27% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 298GB free Firmware: PC3ZC70F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 111669149698 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2358 (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 84 84 7170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2351 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1079705672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 213391 (C2) HDA temperature 229 229 236223987736 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	44% Average	Read 89.7 Write 63.4 Mixed 94.8 63% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 47%

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

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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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	284x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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