MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


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 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	282% 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	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

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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 17:53
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 640 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1385 MHz, MLim: 1770 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 87.7 56% 75.9 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 55.9 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1038 1072 1092 1097 985 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,349 Write 1,071 Mixed 1,036 SusWrite 910 296% 1,341 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 87 295% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 991 DQ Mixed 630 551% 814 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 258%
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 124GB free Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 424 422 436 443 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 269 Mixed 320 SusWrite 432 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.6 165% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 163 171% 283 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
Sandisk SD7SB2Q-512G-1006 512GB 1,918 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 251GB free Firmware: X2180006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 384 381 386 387 385 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 374 Mixed 244 SusWrite 382 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 38.5 145% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 152 156% 256 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 708GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 127 129 128 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 84.8 Mixed 81 SusWrite 128 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 77%

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Typical B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 2,436 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $178	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