MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.83% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A70
MotherboardMSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)  (all builds)
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170301
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 20 '21 at 16:05
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 89
1-Core 121
2-Core 236
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 466
62% 465 Pts
64-Core 469
29% 469 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 250
MSI(1462 3011) 2GB
CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
7.83% Terrible
Lighting 10.1
Reflection 10.5
Parallax 13.5
8% 11.4 fps
MRender 7.7
Gravity 10.3
Splatting 8
7% 8.67 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.83%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0518BS
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 501
Write 396
Mixed 372
94% 423 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 46.1
166% 62.4 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 157
141% 206 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
339GB free
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 174 173 174 170 171 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Read 139
Write 122
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 172
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
46.5% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 13.8
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 16.2
SC Mixed 15
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 46.5%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 2,312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $425
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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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