MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	166% 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 Drive	155% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '21 at 21:28
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 125 2-Core 222 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 695 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-XT-$650 20,197 User benchmarks, average bench 171% MSI(1462 3951) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	166% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 241 Parallax 440 168% 296 fps	MRender 367 Gravity 154 Splatting 260 211% 260 fps
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 178%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 475 113 113 112 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1516 Write 626 Mixed 203 SusWrite 180 137% 631 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 58.8 198% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 880 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 139 192% 376 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 295%
Seagate Expansion+ 4TB 2,051 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 134 134 134 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 98.7 Write 121 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 132 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 209% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 451GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 123 125 124 123 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 167 Write 170 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 121 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C17 2x8GB 3,055 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $93Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	556x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	394x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	284x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	367x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	360x
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	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	44x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	33x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16