MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.9% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 191 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 310 41% 309 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.5 92% 109 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 429 439 417 422 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 432 Mixed 408 SusWrite 430 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.5 198% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 59.8 52% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 279GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 73 71 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 87.7 Write 90.3 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 70.9 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 25.3 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

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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 $134	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