MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180724
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 11:16
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 710 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 88.5 Parallax 161 84% 117 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 111 Splatting 125 90% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 458 456 469 468 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 469 Mixed 447 SusWrite 449 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 54.5 183% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 294 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$132 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 379GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 463 454 466 466 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 470 Mixed 414 SusWrite 449 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 54.8 187% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 290 238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 433GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 187 185 189 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 94.4 Write 66.2 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 186 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 102GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 72 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 75.2 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 596GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 95 95 94 93 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 89.8 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 92.7 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.8% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 25.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	355x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	309x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	285x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	72x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $197

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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