MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	113% 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 (15%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '23 at 09:43
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	SLV-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 603 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS1000G 1TB 18,978 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 557GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8442105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 225 126 115 167 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 1,222 Write 116 Mixed 889 SusWrite 170 131% 599 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 21.2 121% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 620 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 418 308% 417 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 246%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 874GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 197 199 196 196 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 177 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 193 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% 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 as expected (40^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 84%

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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