MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.54% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 04:31
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 293 41% 302 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.10.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 45.4 0% 26.6 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 38.5 28% 33.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 9.54% Great: 29%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 639GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 80 114 162 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 158 Write 173 Mixed 110 SusWrite 109 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDD1 2x8GB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 79%

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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 PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 2,315 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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	555x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	393x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	283x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	363x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	358x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	153x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	80x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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