MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 23:41
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 760 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 74 63% 76.4 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 70.8 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 151GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 52 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 61 167505100834 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 412731479 (F7) Unknown 100 100 12966508 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2467829 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1254 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 482 Write 340 Mixed 335 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 24.5 112% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 36.4 70% 137 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 626GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172079096 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1301 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 498883791 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1290 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 639041574 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1836 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 51539607590 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116900419847659 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63532474223 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95003574582	99.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 176 Mixed 165 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	355x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	310x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	285x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	269x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	140x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	72x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $182

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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