MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics118% 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.
Boot Drive47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A64
MotherboardMSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 12 '19 at 03:21
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Memory 81.1
1-Core 110
2-Core 208
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 430
8-Core 419
57% 425 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 159
Reflection 185
Parallax 185
129% 176 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 168
Splatting 117
108% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 521ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 80 79 75 78 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
47.8% Average
Read 125
Write 98
Mixed 121
SusWrite 78.8
24% 106 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 25.3
109% 43.7 MB/s
DQ Read 120
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 77.2
67% 100 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 47.8%
Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
443GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 188 190 192 192 192 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 180
Mixed 81.3
SusWrite 190
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 104%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.9% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 24.6
MC Mixed 20.3
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 18.9
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 78.6
51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) Builds (Compare 396 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $516
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