MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	42.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A64
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '21 at 14:04
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 as expected (57^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 696 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A64) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 7.3 Reflection 7.9 Parallax 8.6 6% 7.93 fps	Gravity 7.4 Splatting 0.3 3% 3.85 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hs-ssd-c100 960G 960GB 688 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 602GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190408 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 77 77 79 77 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 382 Write 20 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 72.4 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 16.5 73% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 17.6 DQ Mixed 66 39% 41.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 446GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 118 118 118 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 119 Write 113 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 118 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2133 2OZ Transcend JM2400HLB-8G 04CB DDR4 2133 2OZ 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 17.3 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 74%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	97x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	57x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	15x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $46

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