MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics77.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
SystemMSI MS-7A65
MotherboardMSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)  (all builds)
Memory9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171117
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 30 '20 at 18:42
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
78.2% Very good
Memory 80.2
1-Core 93.3
2-Core 217
72% 130 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 562
62% 489 Pts
64-Core 618
38% 618 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.4% Very good
Lighting 95.2
Reflection 101
Parallax 99.2
78% 98.4 fps
MRender 93.2
Gravity 91
Splatting 96.6
77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
507GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 101 111 125 115 119 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
76% Very good
Read 152
Write 168
Mixed 76.2
SusWrite 113
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 76%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
930GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 180 183 183 182 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 152
Mixed 103
SusWrite 181
114% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 105%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 3200 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64% Good
MC Read 22.7
MC Write 26.6
MC Mixed 18.8
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 18.8
54% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 80.1
50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 64%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) Builds (Compare 1,680 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $182
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