MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '23 at 06:11
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SLV-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 449 49% 388 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 120 Parallax 125 108% 126 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 102 Splatting 89.5 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS1000G 1TB 18,978 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 611GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8442105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1010 1173 527 286 220 833 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,203 Write 1,382 Mixed 965 SusWrite 675 238% 1,056 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 22.6 139% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 620 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 421 351% 508 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 246%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 873GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 194 184 189 197 195 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 Kingston 99U5702-095.A00G 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.2 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	357x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	313x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	238x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	286x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	272x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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 $28Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	44x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16