MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 18:00
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$62 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 432 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 39 34% 37.9 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 37.5 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB 5,441 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 87.3 Write 264 Mixed 252 46% 201 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 30.4 134% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 22 DQ Mixed 63.2 61% 102 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 862GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 196 197 197 197 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 198 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 196 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.4% Poor	MC Read 11 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.73 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 47%

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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 2,334 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 $84Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	558x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	394x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	284x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	369x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	362x
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	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	44x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	33x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $399

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16