MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 00:29
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700T 7,380 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 623 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A70) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.62% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 7.88 6% 8.99 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 146 Parallax 127 115% 138 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 318 291 268 262 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,876 Write 1124 Mixed 707 SusWrite 316 222% 1,006 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 73.9 248% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,092 DQ Write 934 DQ Mixed 887 699% 971 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 243%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 86GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 57 93 57 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 453 Write 219 Mixed 272 SusWrite 85 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 30.2 142% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 176 154% 227 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 155GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 52 52 52 54 52 MB/s Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	65.8% Good	Read 230 Write 113 Mixed 226 SusWrite 76.8 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 30.1 133% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 168 154% 233 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 162 160 160 163 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 138 Mixed 68 SusWrite 159 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 174 173 172 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 133 Mixed 77 SusWrite 173 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x8GB 4,460 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 24.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 89%

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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 $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 $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