MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	85.6% 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.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170704
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '23 at 13:53
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 218 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 509 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 141 Parallax 130 105% 133 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 253 134 138 132 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 427 Write 233 Mixed 352 SusWrite 182 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 39.3 133% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 134%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 339GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 89 89 86 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 58.3 Write 77.9 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 87.2 50% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$207 4,097 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 48%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	122x
Core i5-7500Intel $88Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
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 $28Bench 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 $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $374	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369