MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96% 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 Drive	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A64
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 10:25
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 680 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.1 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 113 Parallax 232 114% 162 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 0.09 60% 84 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AST280 240GB 1,219 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP613PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 3.6 0.5 206 148 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 481 Write 360 Mixed 324 SusWrite 71.5 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 43 159% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 81.1 123% 230 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 173 172 175 176 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 126 Mixed 77 SusWrite 174 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GBLFU240B02 04CD F4-2666C19-8GVR 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	97x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	57x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	15x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $504

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