MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '17 at 21:57
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$110 234,266 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)	78.5% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 388 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.2 61% 73 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 73.3 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Adata SU800NS38 128GB 7,443 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0925A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 303 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 37 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16814 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (94) Unknown 100 100 21437 (95) Unknown 100 100 661 (96) Unknown 100 100 484 (97) Unknown 100 100 630 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 53 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56459 (F2) Unknown 100 100 300426 (F5) Unknown 100 100 134512
Poor: 46% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 799GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 63 26436086 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4919250 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (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 72 65 471138332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1260 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 26436086 (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 44482976285562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2590232659 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2478725085	98.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 162 Mixed 136 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,639 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 24 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 94%

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

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Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,172 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,566x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	750x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	513x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	479x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	469x

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	130x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	87x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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