MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.4% 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	117% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '21 at 06:38
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 443 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 105 Parallax 111 95% 111 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 100 Splatting 92.4 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$65 11,104 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 121P Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 369 312 63 116 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 851 Write 537 Mixed 559 SusWrite 194 119% 535 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 46.4 171% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 324 268% 376 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 79GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 413 449 469 470 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 471 Mixed 425 SusWrite 426 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 58.1 196% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 131%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 371GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 372 374 373 369 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 471 Mixed 379 SusWrite 358 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.2 179% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 260 220% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 23.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 14.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	165	27"	1280 720	AUS272B VG27WQ

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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 $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