MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.1% 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	212% 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

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 11:13
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 712 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 88 Parallax 165 96% 123 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 114 Splatting 125 91% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$104 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1244 313 310 312 310 310 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,630 Write 1,438 Mixed 1,029 SusWrite 466 254% 1,141 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 77 258% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 948 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 870 647% 859 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 280%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 402GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 431 424 408 439 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 403 Mixed 392 SusWrite 426 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 51 171% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 289 236% 336 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$68 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 237GB free Firmware: Q0518BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 400 401 403 401 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 411 Mixed 365 SusWrite 403 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 30.2 109% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 69.7 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 60.5 45% 60.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 655GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 173 173 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 177 Mixed 101 SusWrite 174 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 102 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 113 Write 97 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 102 125% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.7 241% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 26.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 78%

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Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,237 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 $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,581x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	774x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	470x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	524x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	487x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	474x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	108x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	152x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	132x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	92x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16