MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.1% 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	40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '21 at 16:50
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 203 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 535 61% 478 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 124 101% 128 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 110 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GB 5,253 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8DC4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 44 36 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 337 Write 67.2 Mixed 110 SusWrite 39.9 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 11.3 61% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 34.7 DQ Mixed 78.5 75% 124 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 71%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 94 97 93 98 89 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.9% Above average	Read 264 Write 126 Mixed 152 SusWrite 95.8 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 28.5 102% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 92.9 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 101 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 59GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 126 149 167 131 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 138 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 133 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 66GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 116 163 117 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 70.7 Write 107 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 116 58% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 32GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	144	24"	1280 720	AOC2460 G2460

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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 $242Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

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