MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.8% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	12.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 05:42
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 448 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 38.9 37% 42.5 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.6 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4444 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1018 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 64 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8983559971	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 44.9 171% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 103 133% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 506GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 617 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.6% Very good	Read 149 Write 104 Mixed 123 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.16 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 484GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 385 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 730 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 162 Mixed 151 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.37 140% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.9 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 91%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $29Bench 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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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $358

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 $177	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