MSI MS-7A66

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	337% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star B250 Gaming Nightblade 3 (MS-B910)
Motherboard	MSI MS-7A66 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170314
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '21 at 07:30
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 412 48% 376 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3909) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 161 Parallax 155 125% 157 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 130 Splatting 113 112% 141 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 38 38 39 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	337% Outstanding	Read 3,619 Write 33.9 Mixed 71 SusWrite 37.6 196% 940 MB/s	4K Read 469 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 4.9 719% 159 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 337% Great: 107%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 913GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 302 318 315 304 306 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 413 Write 383 Mixed 345 SusWrite 307 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 32.4 108% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 51.5 48% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 121%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 55GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 11 6.2 9.5 11 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 17.8 Mixed 24.4 SusWrite 11.3 28% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 2.4 178% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GB 1,134 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 18.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical MS-7A66 Builds (Compare 175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 48%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI MS-7A66

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	98x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	72x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	107x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBIntel $98Bench 98%, 11,843 samples	64x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	5x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	53x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,134 samples	31x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 38%, 668 samples	13x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $382

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