MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.1% 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	44.1% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '23 at 12:20
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$70 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 86.8 2-Core 185 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 304 42% 310 Pts	64-Core 313 19% 313 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 89.5 82% 95.7 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 77.2 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$26 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 86 47 56 10 17 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.1% Average	Read 276 Write 97.4 Mixed 124 SusWrite 54.5 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 15.4 72% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 132 116% 169 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 587GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 122 122 123 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 120 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GY2400D464L15S/4G 075D IR2400D464L15S/4G 075D GY2400D464L15S/4G 075D IR2400D464L15S/4G 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 27 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 83%

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Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	122x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	122x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	25x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $383

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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