MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

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	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 26 '22 at 03:41
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 468 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 113 Parallax 113 81% 108 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 98 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 276 339 339 305 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 445 Write 417 Mixed 214 SusWrite 297 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 28.9 93% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 164 123% 170 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3320620AS 300GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 155GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 71 71 69 68 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 68.6 Write 47.6 Mixed 44.4 SusWrite 68.7 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 43%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$22 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 149GB free Firmware: SD22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 98 95 93 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 76.2 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 92.2 57% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$22 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 176GB free Firmware: SD22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 89 87 84 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 82.4 Write 43.6 Mixed 46.6 SusWrite 84.6 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 90%

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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 $87Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	558x
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	369x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	361x
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	52x

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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $401

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16