MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive254% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A65
MotherboardMSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180724
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 08 '23 at 18:29
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%
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 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 112
2-Core 213
77% 136 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 583
59% 477 Pts
64-Core 630
39% 630 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 84%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 170
Parallax 158
143% 168 fps
MRender 170
Gravity 126
Splatting 111
108% 136 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 125%
Great: 136%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
MSI(1462 7A65) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2115
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
6.21% Terrible
Lighting 6.7
Reflection 7.6
Parallax 8
6% 7.43 fps
MRender 9.5
Gravity 6.8
Splatting 11.1
8% 9.13 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.21%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB
183GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B2QGXA7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1548 1469 1624 1627 1523 1720 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
254% Outstanding
Read 1,782
Write 1,744
Mixed 1,086
SusWrite 1,585
348% 1,549 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 87.1
4K Mixed 52.7
172% 59.4 MB/s
DQ Read 833
DQ Write 602
DQ Mixed 714
534% 716 MB/s
Poor: 254%
This bench: 254%
Great: 469%
Seagate ST8000VN004-2M2101 8TB
4TB free
Firmware: SC60
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 210 219 218 220 217 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.2% Good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 21.3
69% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 23.3
SC Mixed 21.4
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 25%
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Desktop
Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 21%
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Motherboard: MSI B250M GAMING PRO (MS-7A65)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $182
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