MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 19:13
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$117 57,221 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	62.1% Good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 203 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 293 38% 284 Pts	64-Core 222 15% 222 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$146 603,361 User benchmarks, average bench 31% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.5% Below average	Lighting 120 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 116 32% 107 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 116 Splatting 84 32% 93.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$35 24,548 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 53 45 19 43 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 458 Write 367 Mixed 15 SusWrite 64.2 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 1.1 48% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 64.9 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 0.7 31% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,030,063 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 428GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 192 192 194 196 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 144 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 190 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FBD2 1x8GB 1,718 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 53%

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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%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $182Bench 72%, 159,995 samples	394x
Core i5-7500Intel $141Bench 75%, 100,625 samples	271x
Pentium G4560Intel $65Bench 63%, 53,263 samples	254x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $146Bench 31%, 603,361 samples	393x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $267Bench 57%, 1,036,779 samples	211x
GTX 1050Nvidia $129Bench 28%, 176,393 samples	160x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $25Bench 59%, 106,184 samples	52x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 640,525 samples	48x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 62%, 191,246 samples	45x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 38,667 samples	45x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 24,231 samples	45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 75%, 75,321 samples	35x

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Total price: $353

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $195	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $299	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $505	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $69	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28