MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 10:30
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 505 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1916 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 112 99% 119 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 88.6 81% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 403 (A5) Unknown 100 100 150364750372 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 164 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 51 210453397546 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 781694468278 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1334 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2561 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1544 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2109 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 36% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 489GB free Firmware: HP13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 88 143734136 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 129505247831 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4069778601 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1824 (BC) Unknown 100 97 171 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 199640 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 38654705690 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	96.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 149 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.35 104% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 12,708 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 4,182 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 $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	518x
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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	149x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	131x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	88x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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