MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 01:19
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 636 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 90 Parallax 90.6 82% 93.6 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 79 73% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 439 451 462 463 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 453 Mixed 364 SusWrite 453 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.1 177% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 340 256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung PM871a 2.5 7mm 256GB 636 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 104GB free Firmware: MAV02D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 310 309 308 310 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 465 Mixed 347 SusWrite 321 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 61.6 212% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 338 256% 344 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 119%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 60 64 62 60 64 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 102 Write 99.5 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 62 106% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 88%

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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%

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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 $30Bench 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