MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.27% 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.
Boot Drive165% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A74
MotherboardMSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)  (all builds)
Memory9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170203
Uptime1.3 Days
Run DateJan 17 '20 at 14:38
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-7100-$70
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 92.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 219
84% 145 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 342
46% 341 Pts
64-Core 343
21% 343 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
MSI(1462 7A74) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4534
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
6.27% Terrible
Lighting 6.63
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 6.16
5% 7.67 fps
MRender 6.9
Gravity 5.53
Splatting 14.6
8% 9 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.27%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme TS128GMTE110S 128GB
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 26E1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 542 541 546 547 547 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
165% Outstanding
Read 1313
Write 51.5
Mixed 142
SusWrite 544
111% 513 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 217
4K Mixed 33
213% 95.7 MB/s
DQ Read 254
DQ Write 528
DQ Mixed 295
252% 359 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 165%
Great: 152%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
806GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 126 126 126 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
71.4% Very good
Read 124
Write 125
Mixed 32
SusWrite 125
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown PSD48G240081 12GB
2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49.3% Average
MC Read 18
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 13.3
47% 16.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 18.2
SC Mixed 15.2
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 62.4
64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 801 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $180
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