MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	116% 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	51% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '22 at 16:56
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 196 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 368 40% 317 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 152 Parallax 154 122% 152 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 139 Splatting 119 116% 146 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 40 38 40 38 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 318 Write 58.7 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 41.7 27% 126 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 19.2 86% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 52.3 82% 165 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 301GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 365 374 295 269 280 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 428 Mixed 393 SusWrite 311 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 57.2 185% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 23GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 481 Write 428 Mixed 388 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 51.2 172% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 231 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 302GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 174 175 174 174 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 119 Write 90.3 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 172 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 79%

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Gaming 52%

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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 $230Bench 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 $30Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $347

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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