MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	17.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 06:37
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$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 (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 398 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1263) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 81 Parallax 66.3 74% 79.3 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 81.5 75% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_FCCT250MX200SSD1 250GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 420 428 441 408 307 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 453 Mixed 378 SusWrite 385 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.2 169% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 253 218% 323 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 88GB free Firmware: SD28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 65 65 62 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 63 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 64.9 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 58%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 421GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 59 61 61 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 150 Write 74.3 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 60.5 67% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 756 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 23.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 18.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 82%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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	394x
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: $409

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 $178	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