MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.5% 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	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

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '19 at 22:40
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 204 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 446 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1475 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 98.2 65% 85 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 61.3 56% 69.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 266 248 250 242 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 247 Mixed 224 SusWrite 232 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 36.2 151% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 223 180% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 124%
Toshiba MK3261GSYN 320GB-$72 6,986 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 283GB free Firmware: MH000C SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 63 67 63 66 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 43 Write 50 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 65.5 34% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 64%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 605GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 111 111 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 186 Write 138 Mixed 114 SusWrite 111 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-041.A00G 9905678-024.A00G 8GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 25 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 83%

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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 $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	643x
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	556x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	201x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $176

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16