MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics118% 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 Drive67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemMSI MS-7A68
MotherboardMSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime4.8 Days
Run DateJun 21 '23 at 03:33
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%
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 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
75% Very good
Memory 82
1-Core 116
2-Core 198
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 367
8-Core 576
58% 472 Pts
64-Core 611
38% 611 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 75%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
Asus(1043 8661) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 535.98
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 156
Reflection 161
Parallax 159
127% 159 fps
MRender 176
Gravity 140
Splatting 119
116% 145 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE960GB 960GB
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P1003B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 274 100 148 46 161 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
67.1% Good
Read 468
Write 393
Mixed 303
SusWrite 128
72% 323 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 73.9
4K Mixed 25
94% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 243
DQ Write 282
DQ Mixed 217
176% 247 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38
783GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 180 175 171 172 178 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
82% Excellent
Read 112
Write 156
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 174
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
64% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 82%
Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
300GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 146 146 145 145 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Read 154
Write 141
Mixed 77.1
SusWrite 145
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
212% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown ALP4C81F2400CL15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
66.5% Good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 20.2
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 16.1
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 77
52% 77 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $347
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