MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 17:25
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th 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-$62 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 (98^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 177 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 289 38% 287 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 SE 49 User benchmarks, average bench 0% XFX(1682 235A) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.33% Terrible	Lighting 0.37 Reflection 0.38 Parallax 0.09 0% 0.28 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 0.52 0% 0.5 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.33% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4448 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3829 (B1) Unknown 97 97 159 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 564 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29208572946
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Intel Optane+699GBHDD 750GB 327GB free Firmware: 15.8 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 334GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77471840 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4616 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59078211 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4138 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 606142500 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 481 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18041 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 77309411364 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62813896707566 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23418406457 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7022329735253	54.2% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 102 Mixed 78.3 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 4.54 4K Mixed 0.28 129% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3160815SV 160GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 121GB free Firmware: 3.ACF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 88 29396940 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 511077105 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7951 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 639959078 (C2) HDA temperature 38 55 42949672998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 58 20230452 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967294 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 243 10	20.5% Poor	Read 35.4 Write 35.6 Mixed 34.2 26% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.39 87% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 41%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 25.9 Write 7.04 Mixed 9.77 15% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.32 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.004 25% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP004GBLFU240N02 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FDD2 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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Typical B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 2,327 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

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Workstation 33%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	557x
Core i5-7500Intel $88Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	394x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	284x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
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	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: $403

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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