MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 19:31
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$87 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 415 57% 420 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7570 12,360 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 2B22) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.95% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 7.46 Parallax 5.84 6% 6.95 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 5.27 Splatting 7.65 6% 6.72 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.95% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37120G 960GB 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61F1 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 323 Write 106 Mixed 100 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 26.4 90% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 56.3 DQ Write 82.6 DQ Mixed 110 72% 82.8 MB/s

Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 627GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 166 Write 163 Mixed 30.8 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 107%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 628GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 65.6 Write 66.7 Mixed 49.5 45% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 304GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 84 85 85 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 86 Write 76.4 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 84.3 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FDD2 1x8GB 766 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $87Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	245x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	133x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	128x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	79x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	44x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	27x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	23x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GBKingstonBench 44%, 13,141 samples	21x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x4GBUnknownBench 75%, 7,488 samples	14x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $174

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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