MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.4% 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	111% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 16:27
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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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 i7-7700K-$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 (91^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 723 76% 607 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 85.8 58% 74.3 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 154 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 69 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2719857328	111% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 411 Mixed 425 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 36.3 166% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 180 177% 285 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 135%
Samsung MZ7LN512HCHP-00000 512GB 467 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 476GB free Firmware: EMT0100Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6669 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 800 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 45 (AE) Unknown 99 99 37 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1553 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 43 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 16399727 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7839 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5679 (F9) Unknown 99 99 23056	120% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 488 Mixed 497 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.6 176% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 132 162% 285 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%
Samsung MZ7GE480HMHP-00003 480GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 446GB free Firmware: EXT0303Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6744 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 809 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 8798 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2892806780	106% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 406 Mixed 453 102% 460 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 34.4 151% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 114 144% 258 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 368GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^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 1402 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (A2) Unknown 100 100 273 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65542 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1069 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4321	83.4% Excellent	Read 520 Write 352 Mixed 352 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 10.4 102% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 48.5 99% 202 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 186112390 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3665491 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -74526272518971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (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 68 54 555417632 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1527 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 85899345952 (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 91538637980604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2871740518 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2348711714	86.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 143 Mixed 137 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 98%

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Gaming 52%

Yacht

Desktop 91%

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Workstation 45%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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