MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	17%

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 i5-7500-$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)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 231 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 453 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84DC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 275 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.28% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 4.58 Parallax 3.47 3% 4.05 fps	MRender 4.67 Gravity 4.17 Splatting 3.09 3% 3.97 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.28% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5487671 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -132731669314845 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 41 94491967524 (C2) HDA temperature 36 41 94491967524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5487671 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5487671 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5487671 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 55834574848 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1142 (EA) Unknown 0 0 636 (F1) Unknown 0 0 636 (F2) Unknown 0 0 797 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2293766	65.2% Good	Read 505 Write 117 Mixed 179 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 15.2 114% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 86.3 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 9.19 37% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 832GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 126762656 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 353369 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (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 71 64 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2349 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (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 -27522150432643 (F1) Unknown 100 253 344998239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 349914562	96.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 150 Mixed 172 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x16GB 5,153 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 47%

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

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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%

Sail boat

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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) $34	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