MSI MS-7A66

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star B250 Gaming Nightblade 3 (MS-B910)
Motherboard	MSI MS-7A66 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '21 at 19:56
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$91 234,266 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)	78.4% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 413 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 96.7 81% 100 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 92.5 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 626 Write 330 Mixed 391 99% 449 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 38.9 130% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 169 113% 136 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 77GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 132 131 134 135 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 132 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4U7S8MB-8 2x8GB 1,134 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

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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	99x
Core i5-7400Intel $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	73x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	108x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	42x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBIntel $98Bench 98%, 11,843 samples	65x
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	32x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16