MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 17:00
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 457 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2181 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (A5) Unknown 100 100 115993215363 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 36 154619609124 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1460308279636 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 730 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1954 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1655 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2365 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.8% Good	Read 447 Write 136 Mixed 182 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 20 111% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 47.4 90% 183 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 93%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 635GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2463 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2409 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3066 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1646 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 193274183712 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 26706 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 955 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 78150	54% Above average	Read 95 Write 93.1 Mixed 96.4 72% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 57%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 650GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10745 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1814 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 521207839 (C2) HDA temperature 65 63 588316707 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 24785328 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	50.8% Above average	Read 84 Write 93 Mixed 78.6 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

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Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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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 $274	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 $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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