MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive93.2% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A70
MotherboardMSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)  (all builds)
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161013
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 04 '20 at 07:41
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 93.9
1-Core 131
2-Core 252
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 438
8-Core 687
69% 562 Pts
64-Core 621
38% 621 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 112
Parallax 265
114% 173 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 138
Splatting 147
110% 132 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 110%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 466 193 147 152 147 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
93.2% Outstanding
Read 453
Write 440
Mixed 377
SusWrite 262
86% 383 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 38.9
153% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 235
DQ Write 322
DQ Mixed 306
224% 288 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 93.2%
Great: 95%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB
69GB free
Firmware: X6104000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 411 395 418 360 415 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 501
Write 431
Mixed 267
SusWrite 403
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 42.2
165% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 326
DQ Write 326
DQ Mixed 286
226% 313 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 109%
Great: 119%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.5% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 16.2
MC Mixed 13.2
44% 15.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 16
43% 14.9 GB/s
Latency 60
67% 60 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 46.5%
Great: 91%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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