MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.42% 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	117% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180703
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '19 at 16:17
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 210 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 398 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 5GB 968 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Nvidia(10DE 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 5GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.42% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 8.81 9% 10.7 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 14.4 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 9.42% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 401 427 444 375 380 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 459 Mixed 436 SusWrite 396 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 53.9 182% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 284 231% 329 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 322GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 75.5 Write 74 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 73.8 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAR2 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	359x
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 $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