MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.8% 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)
Boot Drive	250% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170717
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 22:28
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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 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)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 465 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 19.6 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 18.6 16% 17.9 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 19.1 Splatting 20.4 15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1375 405 406 406 404 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,838 Write 2,110 Mixed 1162 SusWrite 567 318% 1,419 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 85.8 295% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 997 DQ Write 1,279 DQ Mixed 1150 865% 1,142 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 302%
Toshiba A100 120GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 110GB free Firmware: SBFA10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 102 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 456 Write 389 Mixed 343 SusWrite 104 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 38.6 162% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 210 190% 288 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 177 177 177 177 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 145 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 174 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 23.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 26 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 110%

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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 2,312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) - $170

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	553x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	392x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	283x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	362x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	356x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	153x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $425

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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