MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive261% 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.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 26 '20 at 23:39
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 20%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 138
2-Core 263
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 473
8-Core 604
69% 539 Pts
64-Core 706
44% 706 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
109% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 133
Parallax 145
115% 139 fps
MRender 172
Gravity 121
Splatting 101
104% 131 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 109%
Great: 123%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73
895GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 1115 1395 1474 1465 1460 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
261% Outstanding
Read 1,464
Write 1468
Mixed 1,093
SusWrite 1,309
300% 1,333 MB/s
4K Read 56.9
4K Write 172
4K Mixed 78.4
278% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 686
DQ Write 942
DQ Mixed 273
357% 633 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 261%
Great: 295%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.8% Good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 25.4
MC Mixed 20.1
68% 23.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.3
SC Write 24.4
SC Mixed 21.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 64.7
62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 690 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $358
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