MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive239% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170406
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateMay 21 '20 at 18:09
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 18%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 65.9
1-Core 126
2-Core 250
79% 147 Pts
4-Core 493
8-Core 500
66% 496 Pts
64-Core 491
30% 491 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 152
Parallax 129
114% 140 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 138
Splatting 113
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 324 325 325 325 325 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
239% Outstanding
Read 1863
Write 1,134
Mixed 707
SusWrite 350
224% 1,013 MB/s
4K Read 59
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 78.7
273% 98.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,561
DQ Write 1,084
DQ Mixed 998
833% 1,214 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 239%
Great: 236%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109
51GB free
Firmware: CXM03B1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 306 320 320 312 325 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Read 454
Write 237
Mixed 284
SusWrite 312
72% 322 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 65.9
4K Mixed 22.8
100% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 294
DQ Write 84.5
DQ Mixed 137
115% 172 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
652GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 174 175 174 173 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 145
Mixed 81.7
SusWrite 174
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 101%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
82.8% Excellent
MC Read 30.5
MC Write 33.1
MC Mixed 27.8
87% 30.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 24.7
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 111
36% 111 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 114%

 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: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $347
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HDDRAMUSB
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