MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.14% 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	203% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '20 at 11:38
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 403 49% 377 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 78%

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. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Lighting 7.33 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 7.69 6% 8.71 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 15 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1374 394 391 400 401 392 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,354 Write 1,654 Mixed 1,284 SusWrite 559 325% 1,463 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 42.3 165% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 1,001 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 233 254% 452 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 302%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 184GB free Firmware: SAFC12.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 163 170 173 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 313 Write 178 Mixed 129 SusWrite 169 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 20 75% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 88.7 DQ Mixed 117 97% 143 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 417GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 145 149 150 145 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 147 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK4GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK4GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80% Excellent	MC Read 28 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 96%

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Typical B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 2,324 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	556x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	394x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	284x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	360x
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	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	44x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	42x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16