MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A65
Motherboard	MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 19:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 213 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 607 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 21.3 15% 23.4 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 15 Splatting 33.7 22% 25.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4600 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 863 (64) Unknown 100 100 12137648 (65) Unknown 100 100 1570224 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 142 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 76 76 7294 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 699 (B7) Unknown 93 93 73 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 154619871260 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 78 78 22 (E9) Unknown 100 100 22802 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9022 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19562 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9210 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	62.6% Good	Read 459 Write 189 Mixed 217 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 9.06 85% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 26.9 65% 139 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 108 (03) Spinup time 123 123 51576046186 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 419 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214749347875 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 99.9 Write 117 Mixed 109 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 161GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 285 (03) Spinup time 129 125 4516 (04) Start/Stop count 70 70 30987 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30984 (C2) HDA temperature 108 87 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 89.7 Write 73.1 Mixed 70.1 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.39 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 99%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	355x
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	285x
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 $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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $197

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