MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '21 at 00:28
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 153 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 243 31% 233 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 111 95% 117 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 95.9 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 245GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 334 369 368 369 355 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 453 Mixed 424 SusWrite 341 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 34.5 148% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 342 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 374GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 374 436 449 84 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 454 Mixed 396 SusWrite 281 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 44.4 154% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 356 267% 355 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 76GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 115 111 111 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 94.2 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 113 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 109%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 701GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 128 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 154 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 128 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2 363% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 04CB 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 20.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 70%

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Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,199 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) - $135

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,576x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	757x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	466x

GPU
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	521x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	480x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	472x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	107x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	95x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	150x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	131x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	89x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16