MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 01:39
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$110 234,266 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)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% XFX(1682 9550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 21.4 14% 23.3 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 31.5 21% 24.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (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 30 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 62 163209871385 (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 1126070758 (F7) Unknown 100 100 35256072 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9246804 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1920 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 483 Write 314 Mixed 335 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 25.3 105% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 46.7 80% 159 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 58 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 87 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 704371865	111% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 46.1 169% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 125 142% 245 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: SM14 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224915856 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8161124 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 46 387317782 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109721 (C2) HDA temperature 22 54 77309411350 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.8% Good	Read 105 Write 107 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 65%
Maxtor 6B200M0 204GB-$81 1,170 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 190GB free Firmware: BANC1B70 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 203 180 16894 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 5798 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 240 44078 (09) Power-on hours count 247 247 12543 (0A) Spinup retry count 250 220 3 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 247 247 2585 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 253 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 3531 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 252 227 1 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 162 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0	35.4% Below average	Read 60.2 Write 62.5 Mixed 60.9 46% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.47 128% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 35%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 883GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 74.3 122% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FDD2 2x4GB 1,285 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 81%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 33%

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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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Total price: $425

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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