MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A64
Motherboard	MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 19:15
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.8% Average	Memory 74.5 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 77.7 48% 71.8 Pts	4-Core 75.7 8-Core 99.5 11% 87.6 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3707) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.1% Good	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 103 Parallax 79.2 50% 81.4 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$140 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: LCSi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -91096256339381 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2852 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 73 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 298564 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 298564 (F2) Unknown 100 100 466164 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18661	60.3% Good	Read 473 Write 154 Mixed 227 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 13.1 80% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 40.5 72% 144 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 88%
Intel SSDSC2BA100G3 100GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 0GB free Firmware: 5DV10265 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3793 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1588 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4308075096 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 68 538181664 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 116920 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 200 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 116920 (F2) Unknown 100 100 154979	74.1% Very good	Read 424 Write 198 Mixed 273 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 28.8 119% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 92.8 100% 166 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124773592 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 255825169 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4171 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 605618212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40112 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 98784247844 (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 16552803964385 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22486953062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33535069478	61.9% Good	Read 117 Write 97.5 Mixed 105 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 4.62 4K Mixed 0.35 154% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 114%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8 (03) Spinup time 166 164 4658 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13936 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8611 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 324766 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.7% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 51 Mixed 54.1 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-027.A00G 2x8GB 728 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 91.4 44% 91.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 75%

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Motherboard: MSI B250 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A64)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	97x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	57x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	33x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	15x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	12x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	9x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $516

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 $184	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) $35	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