MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	22.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 21:27
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 692 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 191 Parallax 176 152% 184 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 183 Splatting 120 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9845640 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -66812511250999 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1178 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 290 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 64427261981 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 64427261981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9845640 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9845640 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9845640 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14281 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11945 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11945 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8013 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8192123	57.5% Above average	Read 439 Write 113 Mixed 152 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 11.8 105% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 10.8 25% 50 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 73%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 512GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52775696 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4032 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 51796768691 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2542 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180524554 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 571539490 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 92950 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 47244640290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 13430362745340 (F1) Unknown 100 253 83130006572961 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -51074377661568	66.2% Good	Read 127 Write 104 Mixed 118 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.23 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 2x8GB 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.5 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	553x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	392x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	283x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	362x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	356x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	153x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
MX300 275GBCrucial $100Bench 79%, 67,541 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	44x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	41x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	33x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $425

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) $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