MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	15.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 13:26
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 459 57% 435 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 82.5 71% 85.8 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 79 Splatting 71.3 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KINGSTON SA2000M 500GB 1,870 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 1137 1212 1216 533 533 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,614 Write 1,562 Mixed 1,217 SusWrite 908 297% 1,325 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 82.7 284% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 758 DQ Write 1,012 DQ Mixed 349 413% 707 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 268%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 59GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 338 349 353 352 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 462 Write 339 Mixed 243 SusWrite 333 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 15.2 127% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 87.1 109% 189 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 912GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 98 100 98 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 66 SusWrite 97.7 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 105 106 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 68 SusWrite 105 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 59%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 120 121 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 119 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.4% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 45%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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