MSI MS-7A66

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.9% 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	288% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star B250 Gaming Nightblade 3 (MS-B910)
Motherboard	MSI MS-7A66 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171115
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '20 at 17:13
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 358 52% 379 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3282) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 71 Parallax 62.3 60% 68.8 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 65.7 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 629GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1107 1381 1502 1567 1419 1423 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,186 Write 2,014 Mixed 1,492 SusWrite 1,400 398% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 56.8 197% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 1363 DQ Write 1,081 DQ Mixed 942 781% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 801GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 299 327 353 364 357 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 362 Write 337 Mixed 325 SusWrite 329 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 47.9 158% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 290 216% 286 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 267GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 24 32 21 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 19 Write 37.3 Mixed 21 SusWrite 22.1 18% 24.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905702-010.A00G MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI MS-7A66

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	98x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	73x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBIntel $98Bench 98%, 11,843 samples	64x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples	5x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	5x

RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 74%, 20,415 samples	53x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 71%, 1,134 samples	31x
MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 1x8GBKingstonBench 38%, 668 samples	13x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $382

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16