MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.6% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 below expectations (17^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 72 1-Core 57.6 2-Core 129 52% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 209 24% 187 Pts	64-Core 215 13% 215 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3352) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 30 Parallax 37 37% 37.3 fps	MRender 37.4 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 35.4 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4412614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 95545842468317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 40 77312032802 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 77312032802 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4412614 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4412614 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4412614 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 47244640257 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3132 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2092 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2092 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1113 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4259859	59.2% Above average	Read 399 Write 128 Mixed 174 51% 234 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 16.4 104% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 92.3 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 31.7 48% 89.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 658GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 229726474 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4661877 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (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 68 63 538640416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 390 (C2) HDA temperature 32 17 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 229726474 (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 -68753836473019 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1802081100 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1699657881	97.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 169 Mixed 146 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.32 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 42%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	119x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	20x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	35x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 16,539 samples	17x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBR 2x8GBCrucialBench 71%, 167 samples	15x

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Total price: $359

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