MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


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 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	69.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.6% 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '23 at 14:14
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	26%

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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 i5-7400-$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 way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 67.9 1-Core 89.7 2-Core 162 61% 106 Pts	4-Core 255 8-Core 293 36% 274 Pts	64-Core 303 19% 303 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.7% Good	Lighting 86.5 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 80.7 70% 84.4 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 79.5 Splatting 70.5 68% 85.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HS-SSD-C100 480GB 644 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0831B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 342 14 9.8 252 7.4 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 434 Write 373 Mixed 335 SusWrite 136 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 16.4 82% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 0.6 62% 144 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 88%
Ccboot iSCSI 1TB 364 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 161GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 23 23 17 12 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 81 Write 47 Mixed 70 SusWrite 20 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 6.2 1,070% 6.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 40%
Ccboot iSCSI 8TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 3TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 23 23 17 12 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 116 Write 22.7 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 20.1 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.6 328% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 1x16GB 5,762 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 59%

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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 $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	359x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	313x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	240x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	286x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	274x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	142x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	73x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	44x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $28	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