MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.4% 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 Drive	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 20:47
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 500 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3779) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.6 92% 109 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SB8U-256G-1006 256GB 4,064 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 166 189 176 176 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 470 Write 241 Mixed 200 SusWrite 179 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 31 117% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 194 172% 259 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.1 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 23.7 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 94%

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

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Typical B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 690 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 52%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 45%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	119x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	20x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	35x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GBCrucialBench 78%, 16,539 samples	17x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBR 2x8GBCrucialBench 71%, 167 samples	15x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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