MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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	279% 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 82.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 234 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 582 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 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: 1375 MHz, MLim: 1770 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 88 56% 76.1 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 55.7 52% 64.4 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% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 774 1078 1086 1085 1092 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,431 Write 1,119 Mixed 991 SusWrite 900 300% 1,360 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 84.2 275% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 814 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 638 563% 834 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 258%
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 124GB free Firmware: DXM06H6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 441 439 462 462 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 453 Mixed 348 SusWrite 446 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 46.9 162% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 174 176% 284 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 108%
Sandisk SD7SB2Q-512G-1006 512GB 1,918 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 246GB free Firmware: X2180006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 371 381 382 369 372 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 375 Mixed 217 SusWrite 372 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 37.1 147% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 148 155% 254 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 705GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 121 121 121 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 181 Write 181 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 121 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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)	68% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 77%

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Typical B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 2,438 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

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	217x

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 $269	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