MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 23:57
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 345 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A70) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 6.5 6% 8.08 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 5.63 Splatting 15 8% 9.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 166GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1166 (03) Spinup time 154 144 1266 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7025 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6051 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 81 59 (BC) Unknown 100 88 141736083522 (BE) vendor-specific 68 42 605487136 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 13478 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 532 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 3123558 (C2) HDA temperature 111 85 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 62.3 Mixed 63.6 48% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 41%
Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 160GB-$298 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: BBCOC31P Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 250 250 51539607553 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 9428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 2518 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 59859 (C2) HDA temperature 161 161 223339151394 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	26.7% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 48.5 Mixed 47.1 35% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 30%
StoreJet Transcend 80GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 52GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 40.3 Mixed 29.6 47% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.25 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x8GB 13,006 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 47%

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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 $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	553x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	392x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	283x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	362x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	356x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	153x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	79x
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: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $425

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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