MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 95% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 01:05
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	95%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 411 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 94% 115 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 105 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 960 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 43771245632 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34284 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2407 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 98 40 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 45 4749525019 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2413 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 -140737488355301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 8 960 (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 50306951972477 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1483865333 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3425158159	62% Good	Read 102 Write 114 Mixed 91.6 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.66 118% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 75%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 83GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212509880 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13022993838 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 769 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1172 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 68719476764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.5% Good	Read 104 Write 135 Mixed 89.4 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Panram PUD42400C158GNJK 1x8GB 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.4 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns

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Typical B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 2,312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) - $170

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	553x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	392x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	283x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	362x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	356x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	153x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	44x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	33x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $425

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 $182	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) $30	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