MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 08:44
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 515 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3714) ≥ 4GB; GV-N1070G1 ROCK-8GD CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.1 92% 109 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (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 4644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2812 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 120 (AE) Unknown 100 100 510 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 40 257698627617 (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 16 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18718459664 (F7) Unknown 100 100 589112663 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1393965672	81.6% Excellent	Read 517 Write 332 Mixed 389 91% 413 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 20.5 128% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 20.4 32% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 532GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 362 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3460 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7480 (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 14207 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 269 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5631 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 681 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 25 326418497564 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 51073 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 269 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 112154	40.9% Average	Read 69.9 Write 72.4 Mixed 92.5 60% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 67GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 229 219 8533 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5209 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4653 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5209 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.2% Average	Read 95.1 Write 72.9 Mixed 55 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.009 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x8GB 5,712 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 48%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 33%

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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