MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A64
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	14.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 17:13
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 78.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 230 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 494 60% 461 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 68.8 66% 76.6 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 72.3 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB-$400 512 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: M310 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 108 65 75 82 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 439 Write 360 Mixed 246 SusWrite 102 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 29.7 111% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 204 178% 267 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 373GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 140 130 144 136 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 141 Write 143 Mixed 30 SusWrite 138 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 107%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 6GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.7 6.3 6.3 7 6.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 128 Write 11.2 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 6.2 31% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 40% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 83.9 48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 91%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $516

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