MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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	83.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '19 at 17:48
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 55.2 1-Core 36.1 2-Core 116 40% 69.2 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 301 39% 293 Pts	64-Core 305 19% 305 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 368.39 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 98.2 86% 105 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 99.2 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HMJP-000 256GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAV0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 232 201 229 206 198 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 389 Write 350 Mixed 305 SusWrite 223 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 38.2 123% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 348 264% 356 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 685GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 81 75 84 79 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 99.3 Mixed 55 SusWrite 77.7 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,795 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 70GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 18 14 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 84.5 Write 27 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 20.7 38% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.4 120% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 41%
Samsung D3 Station 3TB 1,520 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2TB free, PID 6124 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 31 31 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 41 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 31.1 49% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 79%
Samsung D3 Station 3TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 33 30 32 30 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 32 SusWrite 32.3 49% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 859B CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 859B CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 8502 PSD48G240081 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 27.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 82%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) - $170

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	555x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	393x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	283x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	363x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	358x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	153x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	80x
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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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