MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	261% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '22 at 17:04
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 200 70% 124 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 384 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8787) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 89.3 Parallax 83.3 76% 88.5 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 72.7 71% 88.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 1002 1128 893 896 744 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 2,183 Mixed 1,676 SusWrite 903 395% 1,762 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 72.8 239% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 930 DQ Write 844 DQ Mixed 895 669% 890 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 435%
Adata SU700 120GB 3,283 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 99GB free Firmware: L170203b SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 305 181 182 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 460 Write 380 Mixed 370 SusWrite 234 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 29.8 134% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 97.2 102% 160 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 79GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 12 11 13 14 17 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 625GB free, PID 0202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 80.1 Write 82.2 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 81.6 92% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 24GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 84%

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Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,183 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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,569x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	754x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	466x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	519x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	480x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	470x

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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	150x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	131x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	88x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $480

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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