MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	159% 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	224% 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 (54%). 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '22 at 08:22
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 489 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Palit(1569 2482) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 215 Parallax 210 190% 219 fps	MRender 252 Gravity 157 Splatting 128 140% 179 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1008 421 368 374 373 371 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,514 Write 1,473 Mixed 1,243 SusWrite 486 264% 1,179 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 72 263% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,324 DQ Write 1,070 DQ Mixed 1,217 906% 1,204 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 276%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 109 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 65%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 413GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 118 117 117 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 117 67% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 75%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE640 3TB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 275GB free Firmware: MJ8OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 94.9 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 90%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 613GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 95 96 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 71.3 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 95 97% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 111%

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

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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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 $30Bench 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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Value: 86% - Excellent

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