MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.3% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 09:33
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-7400-$178 28,469 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79% Very good	SC Int 103 SC Float 107 SC Mixed 105 84% 105 Pts	QC Int 406 QC Float 425 QC Mixed 415 94% 415 Pts	MC Int 406 MC Float 426 MC Mixed 419 62% 417 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$350 80,457 User benchmarks, average bench 65% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Lighting 132 Reflection 169 Parallax 190 47% 164 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 128 Splatting 123 54% 129 fps
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$160 13,358 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 72GB free Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19842 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2652 (B1) Unknown 83 83 617 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 274 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45086925407	84.6% Excellent	Read 518 Write 363 Mixed 406 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 21.4 132% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 57.4 48% 67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 98%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 1,530 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 408GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 98.1 151% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 116,827 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 59%

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

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Gaming 66%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) - $73

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $178Bench 74%, 28,469 samples	1,200x
Core i5-7500Intel $192Bench 80%, 27,206 samples	550x
Core i7-7700Intel $290Bench 86%, 34,918 samples	508x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $300Bench 72%, 250,718 samples	647x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $230Bench 68%, 87,507 samples	519x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 133,084 samples	485x

SSD
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GBIntel $75Bench 103%, 2,805 samples	265x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 282,195 samples	184x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $81Bench 58%, 28,427 samples	109x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 116,827 samples	294x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBUnknownBench 41%, 1,030 samples	173x
2x8GBUnknownBench 50%, 34,315 samples	137x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $626

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $300	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $158

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $183	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $957	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $195	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12