MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.1% 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	94.4% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 10:11
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Nvidia(10DE 0969) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Lighting 39.4 Reflection 38.2 Parallax 50.3 32% 42.6 fps	MRender 50.7 Gravity 44.8 Splatting 35.7 35% 43.7 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,197 Write 1,187 Mixed 1,250 340% 1,545 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 25.7 166% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 55 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 25 38% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 17 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 23 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 775054836	94.4% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 364 Mixed 367 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 37.5 152% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 26 50% 94.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 91522365 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2132 (05) Reallocated sector count 2 2 4015 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4430172 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1022 (B7) Unknown 77 77 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 115965888069 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454426651 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 81604378651 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 24 91522365 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 1633 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 96288871813142 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2841214237 (F2) Unknown 100 253 155004951	65.1% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 88.7 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.54 119% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 772GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9561728 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 621575564 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 35530 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471138332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 51539607580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 189 Mixed 164 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 466GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 4690160 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 3770 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -49164490637312 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 70 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 98784247835 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 61813169324032 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4615151 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2468818 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 135 Mixed 135 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-097.A00G 1x16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 47%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	641x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	413x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	553x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	200x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	41x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $201

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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