MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 20:02
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 464 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 152 Parallax 0.03 137% 107 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 139 Splatting 108 113% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1222A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 267 Write 21.8 Mixed 15 21% 101 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 0.6 49% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 87.8 DQ Write 5.2 DQ Mixed 0.3 12% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 99%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free Firmware: Z33130RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 388 Mixed 182 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 11.1 104% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 29.2 58% 116 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 86%
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 76GB free Firmware: UG4500RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 340 Write 275 Mixed 221 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 16.9 54% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 7 DQ Mixed 42.6 35% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 278GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 122 Write 60.3 Mixed 81.7 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Flash USB Disk 4GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 3a04 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 15.7 Write 5.8 Mixed 4.2 9% 8.57 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 7%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 57GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 36 31 32 31 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 147 Write 60 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 41 89% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.2 217% 3.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.8 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 91%

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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 $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