MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


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 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 09:37
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 399 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1325 MHz, MLim: 2050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.9% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 56.7 34% 53.7 fps	MRender 61.8 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 52.4 42% 51.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19842 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2652 (B1) Unknown 83 83 617 (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 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 274 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45094299048	94.2% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 367 Mixed 402 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 20.7 127% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 22.7 98% 220 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 110%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 408GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 130 Write 129 Mixed 99 151% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 65%

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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	1,566x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	749x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	465x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	513x
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	130x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	87x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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