MSI B250I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7A67)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	97.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7A67
Motherboard	MSI B250I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7A67) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	25.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 74.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 485 66% 489 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 36FF) 2GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.98% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 11.7 8% 10.3 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.98% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 124 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 1776 Write 202 Mixed 341 SusWrite 97.2 129% 604 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 4.1 75% 17.2 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 236%
Seagate ST8000DM002-1YW112 8TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2.5TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 179 192 193 192 186 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 94%
Asmt 2115 1TB 1,671 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 876GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 103 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 97 Write 101 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 103 62% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 93%
Patriot Memory 32GB 491 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 28GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 31 29 30 29 31 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 110 Write 42.5 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 29.3 59% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 36%
ASMT 2115 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 834GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 168 167 170 168 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 182 Write 184 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 167 209% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 141% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.9 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 23 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7A67)

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	90x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	60x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	52x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	48x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	42x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	20x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	17x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	16x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	15x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $347

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16