MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.7% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 07:43
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 612 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2205 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 133 Parallax 111 102% 123 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 101%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A70) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.56% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 7.06 6% 7.86 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 13.9 8% 9.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.56% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 16GB free Firmware: R0427ANR Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 475 Write 404 Mixed 390 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 44.1 162% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 233 189% 264 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 163 157 162 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 180 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 162 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Sail boat

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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