MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.7% 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	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 23:33
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 243 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 314 52% 371 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 129 Parallax 111 103% 122 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 121 Splatting 99.3 88% 108 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 184 179 178 173 171 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 372 Write 239 Mixed 230 SusWrite 184 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 32.2 131% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 186 166% 255 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 129%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 62GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 176 178 178 177 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 361 Write 180 Mixed 212 SusWrite 176 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 33.6 121% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 167 145% 218 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 216GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 159 158 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 162 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 159 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 3,055 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 89%

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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 $29Bench 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 $295	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