MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 21:40
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 739 81% 643 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6152) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Lighting 36 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 32.9 29% 32 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 33.8 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 6GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2753 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 167551 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 167551 (F2) Unknown 100 100 947009	44.5% Average	Read 263 Write 133 Mixed 169 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 13.4 72% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 13.6 35% 77.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 48%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 22330237 (03) Spinup time 91 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 505 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 294116957 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 116492397972216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (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 69 66 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1897 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18449 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 22330237 (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 -42618960476825 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7143489657 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6289704835	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 171 Mixed 156 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 3.84 4K Mixed 0.32 155% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 876GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 285 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 31 (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	88.7% Excellent	Read 182 Write 127 Mixed 158 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.32 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 140GB free Firmware: CC96 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182064840 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6778 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 54 189066392843 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2839 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 33 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55350 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 13 182064840 (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 -43916040597253 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4139568721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1287047639	64.1% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 97.4 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.32 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GB 3,240 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

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Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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