MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.83% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170717
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 05:14
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 215 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 266 38% 280 Pts	64-Core 331 20% 331 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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 (85^th percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 4.9 Parallax 7.2 5% 6.13 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 10.7 7% 8.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,497 Write 259 Mixed 260 144% 672 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 45.7 207% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,194 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 414 384% 620 MB/s
Poor: 133% Great: 273%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 165GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 84 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 90.8 Write 78.8 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 83.2 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 54%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 23GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 14 14 14 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	9.1% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 13.5 Mixed 21 SusWrite 13.4 24% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 54% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 9.1% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD2 2x4GB 1,881 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 91%

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Typical B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 2,315 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 $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