MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	185% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '22 at 02:06
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 (99^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 431 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Gigabyte(1458 406E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	185% Outstanding	Lighting 264 Reflection 242 Parallax 276 215% 261 fps	MRender 310 Gravity 229 Splatting 171 186% 237 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$89 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 71GB free Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,337 Write 2,045 Mixed 2,048 478% 2,143 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 84.7 281% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,330 DQ Write 650 DQ Mixed 989 734% 990 MB/s
Poor: 274% Great: 488%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4D SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 110 89 94 128 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 149 Write 150 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 108 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 57GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 73 73 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 58.7 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 72.5 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 121 118 118 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 96.8 Write 100 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 124 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 188GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 118 118 124 115 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 63.6 Write 80.6 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 118 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 97%

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

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Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,178 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) - $135

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,568x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	752x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	466x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	517x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	479x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	107x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	94x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	149x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	131x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	87x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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