MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	25% 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	85.6% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 23:10
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 520 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E344) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25% Poor	Lighting 30.1 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 33.5 24% 31.9 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 27.4 Splatting 34.7 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 128GB 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 119GB free Firmware: DC77101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3319 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8761 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13030	95.5% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 305 Mixed 368 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 34.1 140% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 81.1 124% 234 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 94%
SSD 240GB 240GB 5,968 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 985 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1282 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 225 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 94893 (A5) Unknown 100 100 106 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 16 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 218636 (F2) Unknown 100 100 203653 (F5) Unknown 100 100 379572	85.6% Excellent	Read 524 Write 361 Mixed 420 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 25.3 133% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 24.8 32% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 47GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C2) HDA temperature 66 60 171800199202 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3075	60.8% Good	Read 505 Write 96.2 Mixed 163 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 11.6 114% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 11.3 22% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GB 1,169 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

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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 $300	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