MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161215
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '19 at 20:55
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 636 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FC) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.8% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 89.6 52% 74.5 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 56.3 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 71 71 72 69 72 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 479 Write 356 Mixed 311 SusWrite 96.6 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 12.5 99% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 17.4 48% 101 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 369GB free Firmware: A8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 138 139 140 140 139 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 149 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 138 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 124GB free Firmware: CC44 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 130 Write 111 Mixed 66.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 70%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 325GB free Firmware: 4D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 87 88 89 88 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 94.5 Mixed 69 SusWrite 87.9 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 57%
TDKMedia Trans-It Drive 16GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 061a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 7.4 7.9 7.4 7.9 7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.76% Terrible	Read 18 Write 7.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 7.5 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 76% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.76% Great: 8%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	8.12% Terrible	Read 20 Write 7.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 13.1 13% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 37% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.12% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 5,247 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 20.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 91%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	120x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	120x
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 $28Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16