MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161205
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 01:31
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 438 55% 420 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.66 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 90% 112 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S599 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 460GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 100 100 404 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979937316 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3202768176 (F7) Unknown 100 100 100350641 (F8) Unknown 100 100 60030475 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4431 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	90.7% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 478 Mixed 480 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 21.4 120% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 21.1 53% 104 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 91%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 214GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 177 7541 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 847 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 158881 (C2) HDA temperature 120 98 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 103 Mixed 113 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.15 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 179GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 166 6483 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1599 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1375 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 405 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 162538 (C2) HDA temperature 119 95 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.4% Below average	Read 79.7 Write 54 Mixed 76.9 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 165GB free Firmware: ML6OA180 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 106 (03) Spinup time 141 141 34386280821 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 43451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1748 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5762 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5762 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 244814118943 (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	39.9% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 70.6 Mixed 71.7 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.21 59% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 73%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 38 Write 86 Mixed 57.5 85% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD44G240041 2x4GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 81%

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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	1,572x
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	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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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