MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	122% 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	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

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

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '21 at 20:37
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 267 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 721 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%

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: 416.94 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 94.6 Parallax 95.7 74% 93.6 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 87.3 Splatting 85 71% 87.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 860GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 353 361 357 351 349 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 463 Mixed 468 SusWrite 341 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60.9 208% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Gigabyte GP-AG41TB 1TB 9,949 User benchmarks, average bench 306% 634GB free Firmware: EGFM11.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1484 1913 2181 2201 2144 2130 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	340% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 1,280 Mixed 1,813 SusWrite 2,009 376% 1,663 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 82.9 288% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,626 DQ Write 1,374 DQ Mixed 1,468 1,108% 1,489 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 340% Great: 473%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 101 1.9 88 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 107 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 96%

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

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $358

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 $179	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