MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	166% 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 Drive	208% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '19 at 11:07
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 708 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37B8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Lighting 235 Reflection 236 Parallax 258 191% 243 fps	MRender 258 Gravity 229 Splatting 147 166% 211 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 621 579 590 564 549 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 790 Mixed 700 SusWrite 594 225% 1,022 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 54.2 206% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 986 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 377 345% 549 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 30GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 146 146 146 146 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 479 Mixed 306 SusWrite 178 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 50.3 182% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 169 177% 292 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 37GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 101 100 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 141 Write 116 Mixed 134 SusWrite 102 28% 123 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 31.6 133% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 92.7 80% 118 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 930GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 117 117 119 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 118 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 62%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$48 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 28GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 57 58 57 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 26 Mixed 38 SusWrite 57.1 33% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 163 159 162 165 161 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 118 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 160 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 22.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 89%

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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 $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 $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: $184

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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