MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.43% 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 Drive302% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A70
MotherboardMSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)  (all builds)
Memory59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171120
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 10 '19 at 17:45
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU 76%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$110
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 89.9
1-Core 97
2-Core 219
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 418
56% 419 Pts
64-Core 422
26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
MSI(1462 7A70) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
6.43% Terrible
Lighting 6.63
Reflection 9.81
Parallax 6.16
5% 7.53 fps
MRender 10.6
Gravity 5.87
Splatting 13.2
8% 9.9 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.43%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1711 1624 1539 1752 1608 1005 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
302% Outstanding
Read 2,361
Write 1,707
Mixed 1,442
SusWrite 1540
394% 1,762 MB/s
4K Read 57.7
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 72
246% 85.2 MB/s
DQ Read 960
DQ Write 693
DQ Mixed 501
462% 718 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 302%
Great: 372%
Fujitsu MHV2080BH 80GB
70GB free
Firmware: 00840028
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 31 33 33 32 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
18.4% Very poor
Read 31.2
Write 33
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 32.6
22% 29.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 18.4%
Great: 20%
Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB
443GB free
Firmware: LIV5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 106 110 110 110 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
59.1% Above average
Read 95.2
Write 96
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 109
59% 81.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 1.5
305% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 59.1%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.6% Very good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.3
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 20.2
SC Mixed 24.4
56% 19.6 GB/s
Latency 67.4
59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 122%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 2,312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) - $170

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Excellent Total price: $425
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