MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 02:06
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$89 149,467 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 (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 454 61% 455 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 96.4 91% 108 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 792 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2415 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 43771347262 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2409 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 98 42 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 4867293218 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2415 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 -140737488355294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 8 792 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 56757992851070 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1000120599 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4027613628	61.8% Good	Read 104 Write 111 Mixed 100 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.65 109% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 83GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239891240 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13023004498 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1161 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 769 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 589103139 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1174 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 68719476771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.1% Good	Read 96.5 Write 138 Mixed 91.4 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.14 55% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Panram PUD42400C158GNJK 1x8GB 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 10.4 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns

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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	394x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	284x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	365x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	360x
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	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	33x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $409

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16