MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '20 at 04:37
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 448 65% 475 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 66.1 64% 73.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 72.6 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 169 115 112 113 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 492 Mixed 349 SusWrite 138 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 61.5 215% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 318 251% 349 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 267GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 425 425 429 429 430 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,508 Write 1,623 Mixed 1,241 SusWrite 476 272% 1,212 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 80.9 285% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,246 DQ Write 961 DQ Mixed 965 759% 1,057 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 237%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 288GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 112 111 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 128 Write 118 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 111 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 109%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 253GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 24 25 26 26 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 27.2 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 25.5 22% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 89%

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

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Typical B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) Builds (Compare 1,679 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	140x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
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 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 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 $15	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