MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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-7A64
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '21 at 05:08
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 497 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 494 30% 494 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.6% Good	Lighting 86.7 Reflection 83 Parallax 79.9 71% 83.2 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 77 Splatting 69.1 67% 84.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 25 19 57 44 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 362 Write 17 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 42.8 22% 107 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 11 62% 15.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 86%
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 125GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 409 419 434 431 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 460 Mixed 379 SusWrite 410 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.7 185% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 286 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 988GB 515 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 571GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 184 182 186 186 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 164 Mixed 85 SusWrite 182 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 210GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 122 123 123 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 162 Write 147 Mixed 39 SusWrite 122 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 107%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 99GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 17 0 5.4 33 33 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 41 Write 28.3 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 19.7 37% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 1.3 427% 6 MB/s	DQ Read 7.7 DQ Write 12.1 DQ Mixed 1.3 484% 7.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 04CD F4-2400C15-8GVR 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 80%

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Typical B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) Builds (Compare 396 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 70%

Battleship

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $516

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 $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