MSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics8.39% 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 Drive247% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A70
MotherboardMSI B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70)  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170628
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 17 '17 at 09:39
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 121
2-Core 239
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 473
8-Core 466
63% 470 Pts
64-Core 466
29% 466 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740
MSI(1462 8A9E) 2GB
CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
8.39% Terrible
Lighting 9.23
Reflection 8.15
Parallax 9.03
8% 8.81 fps
MRender 13
Gravity 11.6
Splatting 12.4
10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 8.39%
Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
247% Outstanding
Read 2,851
Write 1,165
Mixed 1,387
394% 1,801 MB/s
4K Read 56.8
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 27.5
187% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 57.8
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 24.2
62% 124 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 247%
Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
565GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Read 159
Write 142
Mixed 140
111% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.49
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.3
94% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
78.9% Very good
MC Read 28.9
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 23
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 25.4
72% 25 GB/s
Latency 65.1
62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M BAZOOKA (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 4,177 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 77% - Very good Total price: $504
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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