MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161206
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 20:50
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 86.5 2-Core 213 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 409 49% 376 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 108 Parallax 103 84% 105 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 94.8 77% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4433 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (B1) Unknown 100 100 260619 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 827427 (F2) Unknown 100 100 571833	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 422 Mixed 451 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 34.3 136% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 21.3 94% 209 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 356 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.6% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 10.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 8.3 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 42%

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

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	354x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	309x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	284x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	268x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	72x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $197

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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