MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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. 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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.4% 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)
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-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 18:42
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 211 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 309 41% 310 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.4% Poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 53.2 19% 34.5 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 50.4 Splatting 38.1 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3496 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 148 (B1) Unknown 97 97 44 (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 74 61 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18717212053
Poor: 61% Great: 126%
Seagate Constellation CS ISE 3TB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CE02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 63 50 140118273 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 51 11088 (07) Seek error rate 73 54 129539269540 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 407 (BC) Unknown 100 64 65667 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 69 47 572456991 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 42 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 54464 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 54464 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	4.76% Terrible	Read 6.28 Write 10.3 Mixed 7.8 6% 8.14 MB/s	4K Read 0.004 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.006 3% 0.04 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 113%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 233GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 129 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 230 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 230 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 34 (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	49.1% Average	Read 91 Write 79.9 Mixed 76.9 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.33 104% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Constellation CS ISE 3TB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 11GB free Firmware: CE02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 141527088 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 219415263473 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30375 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.8% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 89.7 Mixed 80.8 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 113%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3GB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 41951650 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 420593477 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 47459388623102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (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 80 75 387186708 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7501 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 77309411348 (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 -33633888893098 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7816614208 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56301248227	47% Average	Read 75.8 Write 87.7 Mixed 81.4 62% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 107%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 8GB free, PID ab36 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 94.4 Write 94.6 Mixed 89 119% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 104%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	355x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	310x
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	269x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	141x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	43x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $182

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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