MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 23:53
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 491 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A74) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.94 6% 8.94 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 15.8 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 125 136 144 140 138 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70% Good	Read 413 Write 139 Mixed 150 SusWrite 137 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 20.5 118% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 55.4 88% 176 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 117 117 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 117 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 85%
WD Elements 25A1 1.5TB 818 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 626GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 97 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 95.5 Write 93.5 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 97.6 115% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB-$29 2,562 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.6 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 47%

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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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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 $93Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	642x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	414x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	219x

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 $30Bench 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: $182

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16