MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 07:31
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700T 7,380 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 196 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 442 49% 386 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1215) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 91% 111 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 109 Splatting 91.7 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA72H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,946 Write 1,844 Mixed 1,410 386% 1,734 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 65.4 217% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 991 DQ Write 834 DQ Mixed 914 684% 913 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 296%
MD4000GSA6472E 4TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 262GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 114 116 116 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 111 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 116 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 17 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.1% 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%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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