MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	215% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	9.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 00:02
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 476 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.6 87% 104 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 96.8 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,941 Write 1,152 Mixed 1,130 310% 1,408 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 28.3 178% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 25.4 108% 244 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 235GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 28335131 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1604 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 41233828 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 5905580036294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 655949853 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56399 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 55834574877 (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 -109521666046563 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6208362333 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18967553374 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.2% Average	Read 86.3 Write 79.9 Mixed 62.9 57% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.41 188% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 88%

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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 4,182 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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,568x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	754x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	466x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	518x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	480x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	470x

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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	149x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	131x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	88x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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