MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	269% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7A68
Motherboard	MSI B250 KRAIT GAMING (MS-7A68) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	17.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 13:39
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 511 66% 498 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 97.7 64% 84.8 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 63.5 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 718 411 413 411 410 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,163 Write 1,955 Mixed 1,285 SusWrite 462 327% 1,466 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 219 4K Mixed 92.5 327% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,013 DQ Write 1,367 DQ Mixed 1,128 869% 1,169 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 280%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 528GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 85 86 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 81.5 Write 80.6 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 85.7 56% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 51%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 257GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 85 86 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 78.8 Write 69.3 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 84.5 51% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 51%
Generic External 750GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 577GB free, PID 0840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 36.6 Write 36.7 Mixed 30.4 SusWrite 37.5 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 240GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 55GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 37.2 Write 40.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 41.2 55% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 12.9 1,125% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 20.3 DQ Mixed 15.5 1,268% 16.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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 $230Bench 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 $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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $347

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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