MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.3% 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	115% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 00:15
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 698 69% 561 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.9% 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: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 72 Parallax 61.8 57% 68 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 69.2 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 176GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1374 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 837 (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 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 130 558346403862 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 254 (F1) Unknown 253 253 237 (F2) Unknown 253 253 514 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	90.1% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 402 Mixed 342 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 22.2 129% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 45.6 88% 177 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1028 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 558 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 78 56 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1679 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4614912276	115% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 414 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 49.4 182% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 119 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 131%
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 (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38687015416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 858 (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 100 100 914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 858 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 858 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 167504248862 (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	79.4% Very good	Read 142 Write 135 Mixed 107 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 94 210037896 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 196367220 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 37 3861747531810 (C2) HDA temperature 34 63 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 51 73332666 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.1% Average	Read 72.7 Write 70.4 Mixed 68.5 53% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.39 91% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 430GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 93 14076705 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 276 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 45 171850645785 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 44 403767319 (C2) HDA temperature 23 56 51539607575 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 88 60 170487762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.5% Average	Read 71.6 Write 72.7 Mixed 65 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 43%
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)	6.44% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 7.85 Mixed 10.4 14% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.43 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.01 32% 2.82 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.44% 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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 78%

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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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,572x
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	471x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	107x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	94x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16