MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics127% 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 Drive117% 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-7A74
MotherboardMSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170406
Uptime2.1 Days
Run DateAug 20 '17 at 18:11
Run Duration301 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
79.3% Very good
Memory 82
1-Core 126
2-Core 242
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 413
8-Core 662
66% 538 Pts
64-Core 650
40% 650 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 177
Reflection 199
Parallax 175
144% 184 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 173
Splatting 126
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 394
Mixed 420
98% 442 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 51
190% 66.6 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 129
149% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 117%
Great: 134%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB
2GB free, PID 1665
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
5.45% Terrible
Read 25.9
Write 3.84
Mixed 5.3
11% 11.7 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 0.004
4K Mixed 0.003
14% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.45%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.6% Below average
MC Read 13.5
MC Write 13.1
MC Mixed 10.7
36% 12.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 13.3
SC Mixed 12
34% 11.9 GB/s
Latency 77
52% 77 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 37.6%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 2,433 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $201
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