MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	211% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 19:59
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 192 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 699 64% 535 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 163 Parallax 139 125% 152 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 149 Splatting 118 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,164 Write 884 Mixed 1,175 309% 1,408 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 35.6 211% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 51.3 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 170 138% 185 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 283%
Seagate ST10000NM0016-1T 10TB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6.5TB free Firmware: SND0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 64 5572555 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 41341104 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 3238405343805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10372 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 4 5572555 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129368709922586 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7887120493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21811166577
Poor: 13% Great: 110%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 50304339 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 300474357 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 91908005170504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 249 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1755 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3227 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 50304339 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 52063593563302 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19214800483 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19464876745	120% Outstanding	Read 231 Write 186 Mixed 181 150% 199 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 4.29 4K Mixed 0.34 149% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 113%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 68 64 6845923 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67278210 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -135312944657085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 71 68 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 543 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9646 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 2 6845923 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42799349104281 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14277633257 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31119983229	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 172 Mixed 149 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.94 4K Write 4.17 4K Mixed 0.28 189% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49319976 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6570848 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1011 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 40 352641679387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54539 (C2) HDA temperature 27 60 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14774687483687 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19475496579 (F2) Unknown 100 253 102378751652	77.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 129 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 86 164538008 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 48 176117462766 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1384 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1514 (BC) Unknown 100 98 103080853532 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 71 37 558833598493 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 585 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20081 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 42949672989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 27827093117692 (F1) Unknown 100 253 102895566766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85302371238	76.6% Very good	Read 119 Write 148 Mixed 133 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 96%
NOVATEKN vt-DSC 129GB 120GB free, PID 8611 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.17% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 6.3 Mixed 6.47 10% 9.87 MB/s	4K Read 3.16 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.39 54% 1.47 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 19.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 109%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 45%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	119x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	112x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	60x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $347

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16