MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 22:19
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 207 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 420 52% 398 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 809E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1265 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 7.19 Parallax 4.25 3% 5.21 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 51.3 45% 55.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 793 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12255386 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 195 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 66 283468955681 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 188981313580 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 752 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1587 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1376 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1800 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.5% Very good	Read 490 Write 278 Mixed 230 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 12.4 105% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 11.6 67% 157 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 101%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 50902956 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 50 433807675410 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 397 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 94 98785755159 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538705952 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 73014444064 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 45 50902956 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 89859305769067 (F1) Unknown 100 253 232368853 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1264829611	46.5% Average	Read 77.3 Write 84.5 Mixed 80.8 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.39 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 81%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	642x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	413x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	215x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	555x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	201x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	42x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	42x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $183

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