MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 11:21
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 504 66% 498 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 131 114% 138 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 142 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,608 Write 1,161 Mixed 750 259% 1,173 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 78.6 271% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,549 DQ Write 860 DQ Mixed 972 785% 1,127 MB/s
Poor: 106% Great: 236%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 26GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 36 36 37 37 37 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 36.4 Write 37.1 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 35.7 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GB 5,007 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 96%

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

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 41%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	120x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
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 $28Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16