MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics117% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A70
MotherboardMSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)  (all builds)
Memory8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161205
Uptime6.6 Days
Run DateJul 14 '20 at 04:53
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing below expectations (20th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Memory 80.9
1-Core 108
2-Core 211
75% 133 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 555
59% 473 Pts
64-Core 569
35% 569 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
117% Outstanding
Lighting 159
Reflection 175
Parallax 174
129% 169 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 158
Splatting 114
104% 129 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 117%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129
281GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 391 390 387 375 375 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
93.8% Outstanding
Read 433
Write 401
Mixed 320
SusWrite 386
87% 385 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 87.1
4K Mixed 32.3
124% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 273
222% 316 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
286GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 83 82 79 63 62 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
60.2% Good
Read 134
Write 125
Mixed 39.7
SusWrite 76
68% 93.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54.5% Above average
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 20.7
MC Mixed 17.2
56% 19.6 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 13.9
39% 13.8 GB/s
Latency 78.8
51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 54.5%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,175 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) - $135

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $504
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