MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '22 at 07:55
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 237 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 674 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 94.3 75% 97.8 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 95.2 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 154 90 36 113 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 492 Write 404 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 126 59% 268 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 32.5 141% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 134 120% 188 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 358GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 149 149 150 148 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 73 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 148 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 232GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 116 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 105 Write 97.4 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 116 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%
Toshiba HDWJ110 1TB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 588GB free Firmware: AX1P1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 95.7 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 95 58% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 466GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 116 117 117 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 114 69% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 63%
Kingston DT microDuo 3.0 32GB 1,354 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 15GB free, PID 16a3 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 22 22 22 21 20 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 87 Write 41.7 Mixed 18.9 SusWrite 20.8 47% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.3 97% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 21.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 97%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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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Total price: $182

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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