MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics131% 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 Drive94% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJan 09 '22 at 19:42
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 103
2-Core 205
74% 130 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 374
51% 382 Pts
64-Core 383
24% 383 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.76
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Lighting 181
Reflection 193
Parallax 0.3
147% 125 fps
MRender 137
Gravity 188
Splatting 126
121% 151 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 131%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 401020WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 218 238 221 293 232 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
94% Outstanding
Read 469
Write 398
Mixed 226
SusWrite 237
74% 333 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 92.9
4K Mixed 40.8
148% 54.8 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 174
176% 285 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 94%
Great: 111%
Hitachi HTS725050A9A364 500GB
378GB free
Firmware: PC4OCH0A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 102 102 101 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 103
Write 101
Mixed 56.7
SusWrite 102
66% 90.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Transcend JM2666HLE-16G 029E CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 859B CT8G4DFRA32A.C4FE 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
16384, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
40.5% Average
MC Read 14.7
MC Write 13.9
MC Mixed 11.9
39% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.1
SC Write 14.2
SC Mixed 12.6
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 77.6
52% 77.6 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) Builds (Compare 690 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $358
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