MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '20 at 00:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 668 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 148 Parallax 145 109% 142 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 93% 114 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$99 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 339 399 409 409 407 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 449 Mixed 252 SusWrite 387 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 49.1 160% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 185 184% 295 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$76 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 286GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 368 454 468 472 474 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 475 Mixed 402 SusWrite 438 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.8 200% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Sandisk PLUS 100 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 759GB free Firmware: UH51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 181 192 243 242 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 390 Write 334 Mixed 214 SusWrite 225 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 9.2 45% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 18.4 34% 68.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 47%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 175 176 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 154 Mixed 119 SusWrite 175 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FD2 859B BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 22.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 91%

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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 2,339 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 $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	560x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	396x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	284x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	370x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	363x
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	53x

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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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