MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics90.2% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A70
MotherboardMSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)  (all builds)
Memory8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 27 '18 at 12:31
Run Duration85 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 33%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 82.8
1-Core 118
2-Core 215
79% 139 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 557
61% 483 Pts
64-Core 597
37% 597 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.2% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 124
Parallax 115
94% 118 fps
MRender 100
Gravity 109
Splatting 94.2
82% 101 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
2.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 191
Mixed 179
138% 183 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.84
4K Mixed 0.18
100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 106%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
59.4% Above average
MC Read 22.5
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 18.9
61% 21.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 16.4
45% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 75.6
53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 108%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $489
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