MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	111% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 02:14
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (97^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 704 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 8C95) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (71 fps cap detected)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 61.3 58% 67.6 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 70.3 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 388 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 261 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1679 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1201692799	111% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 42.7 172% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 27.6 93% 205 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 131%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 168GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 823 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 209 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 32 137439739933 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 236 (F1) Unknown 253 253 226 (F2) Unknown 253 253 163 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 418 Write 427 Mixed 339 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 16.4 122% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.1 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 48.2 59% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 983040 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 128 128 38686687719 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 381 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 167504969762 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 108 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.4 122% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%
WL2000GSA6472E 2TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.REDEF Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 193 174 72 (03) Spinup time 181 179 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 242 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 137 Mixed 132 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.58 139% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 89%
Lenovo USB Flash Drive 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 3818 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 7.78 Mixed 10.4 14% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.31 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 32% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C17-4GNT 04CB 04CD F4-2400C17-4GNT 04CB 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 78%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) - $135

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,568x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	752x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	466x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	517x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	479x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	469x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	107x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	94x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	149x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	131x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	87x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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