MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 23:23
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 422 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 8C95) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.2% Poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 24 20% 29.7 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 48.6 Splatting 38.2 36% 44.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 170 Write 165 Mixed 353 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 36.1 160% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 47.9 75% 133 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 100 3279968 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2344 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 73 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 90194313241 (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 121440200294400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3366421 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2278438	105% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 175 Mixed 167 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 363GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 81 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 95 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 133145165852 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	79.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 137 Mixed 142 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 107%
Samsung HM251JI 250GB 908 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 233GB free Firmware: 2SS00_03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 156 (03) Spinup time 252 252 2625 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5115 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 19 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 213 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2807 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 12 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (BE) vendor-specific 76 33 287762939928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4174 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19970 (C2) HDA temperature 64 33 287762939928 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 464 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 91 90 84 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 55 (C9) Soft read error rate 252 252 0	33.2% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 57.8 Mixed 55.8 43% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 2x4GB 1,059 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.9 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 78%

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

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) - $135

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,568x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	754x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	466x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	517x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	480x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	107x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	94x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	149x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	131x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	88x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $489

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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