MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.9% 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	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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 12:19
Run Duration	580 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 402 51% 385 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% PowerColor(148C 2015) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.659.0 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 28.2 Parallax 31.4 22% 28.7 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 33.1 22% 26.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba HDWD105 500GB-$49 9,420 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897157308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 154620067873 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 149 Write 157 Mixed 39.5 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 104%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	4.42% Terrible	Read 16 Write 4.26 Mixed 4.36 8% 8.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.97 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 19% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.42% Great: 8%
RUTOKEN MassStorage 2 4GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 4GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.79% Terrible	Read 10.9 Write 2.91 Mixed 4.55 6% 6.12 MB/s	4K Read 1.98 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.85 82% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.79% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143DB0-CPB M378A5244CB0-CRC 8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 73%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

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 $179	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