MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	104% 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.

Run History

14 days ago, 14 days ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 19 '24 at 09:45
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 697 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% PowerColor(148C 2310) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 24.2.1 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 133 Parallax 287 107% 184 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 145 Splatting 196 158% 193 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 238 219 138 132 126 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 478 Mixed 380 SusWrite 198 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 54.1 179% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 361 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Crucial MX500 4TB-$296 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3TB free Firmware: M3CR046 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 463 459 457 457 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 384 Write 461 Mixed 372 SusWrite 446 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 48.5 168% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 144 164% 281 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 119%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 886GB free Firmware: G005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 101 102 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 100 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 101 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	5	212	59	60	27"	1280 720	MSI3CA7 MSI G273

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	122x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	122x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
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 $26Bench 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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $29	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