MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	216% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 05:48
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 781 82% 655 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 132 116% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,055 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,202 332% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 26.1 184% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 57.7 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 26.3 41% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 236%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 183 181 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23397 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15905 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23388 (C2) HDA temperature 119 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 124 Mixed 128 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.17 90% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 20.04F20 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12042 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1941 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3599 (C2) HDA temperature 116 86 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 53744335 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.2% Good	Read 110 Write 99.8 Mixed 99.7 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.53 132% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 76%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 48GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 92098377 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 61 4036748 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -43825846288141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (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 70 59 505085982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1110 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 73014444062 (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 84615150698569 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2512861611 (F2) Unknown 100 253 264811261 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	38% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 64 Mixed 54.7 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 5.58 4K Mixed 0.33 176% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR2133D464L15/8G 2x8GB 520 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 84%

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Gaming 41%

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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 $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