MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A64
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '22 at 00:32
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 390 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 90.9 Reflection 103 Parallax 92.7 74% 95.6 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 95.1 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 96 94 96 95 97 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 303 Write 115 Mixed 158 SusWrite 96.6 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 26.9 101% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 90.9 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 89.5 72% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 930GB free Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1258 1179 1388 1639 1720 1711 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,301 Write 1,644 Mixed 1,468 SusWrite 1,482 334% 1,474 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 52.9 178% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 1,161 DQ Write 763 DQ Mixed 903 690% 942 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 365%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 931GB free Firmware: CV27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 179 184 182 173 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 148 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 176 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 119%
TOSHIBA MK8032GAX 80GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 28GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 29 29 28 28 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 52.5 Write 27.2 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 28.2 40% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 24% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 90%

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Gaming 70%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	98x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	57x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	15x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $509

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16