MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A70
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 07:39
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 114 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 516 55% 440 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2205 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 134 Parallax 113 102% 124 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 101%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A70) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.55% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 6.81 6% 7.6 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14 8% 9.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.55% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 16GB free Firmware: R0427ANR Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 477 Write 393 Mixed 406 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 47.3 166% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 234 190% 266 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 137 158 174 151 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 10.7 Write 49.5 Mixed 11 SusWrite 151 40% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 75% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 82.4 49% 82.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B250M PRO-VDH (MS-7A70) Builds (Compare 2,315 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	555x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	393x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	283x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	363x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	358x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	153x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	80x
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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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $410

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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