MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	100% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '20 at 20:57
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 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 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 766 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 144 Parallax 132 105% 135 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 125 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green SATA M.2 120GB-$47 6,576 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 55 58 67 46 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 405 Write 278 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 63.6 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 22.9 137% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 0.2 54% 128 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 73%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 140GB free Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1353 920 915 913 922 907 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,608 Write 2,104 Mixed 134 SusWrite 988 322% 1,458 MB/s	4K Read 67.6 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 94.7 330% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,321 DQ Write 1,291 DQ Mixed 516 605% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 562GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 157 157 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 141 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 157 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 380GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 119 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 120 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 104%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 45%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $32Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $367

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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