MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% 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	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 698 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 105 88% 109 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 100 82% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lenovo SSD 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 64 65 68 63 70 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.7% Average	Read 423 Write 322 Mixed 282 SusWrite 91.4 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 10.8 83% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 35.6 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 12.9 21% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 734GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 158 180 182 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 176 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 176 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 16GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 10GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 12 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 12.2 22% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.6 106% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 28%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	0.48% Terrible	Read 1 Write 1 Mixed 1 SusWrite 0.8 1% 0.95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.48% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.5 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $87Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	358x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	313x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	238x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	286x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	73x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	44x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $174

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16