MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 22:02
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 410 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 60.7 52% 64.7 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 65 Splatting 70.7 57% 69 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 209 163 150 136 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 480 Mixed 392 SusWrite 179 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.1 206% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 122%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 222GB free Firmware: CS900KB3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 368 416 433 432 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 393 Write 301 Mixed 312 SusWrite 393 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 39.1 152% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 135 132% 202 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 16GB 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 24 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 22.5 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 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	393x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	283x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	363x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	358x
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	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	33x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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