MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	125% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 09:38
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 775 84% 666 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 118 Parallax 122 98% 120 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 104 Splatting 85.3 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 362 316 317 316 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 453 Mixed 399 SusWrite 328 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 66.3 223% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 128%
WD Elements SE 25FE 2TB 1,305 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free, PID 25fe Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 113 112 113 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 133 Write 119 Mixed 71 SusWrite 112 143% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 162% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 1x16GB 409 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 43%

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

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Gaming 25%

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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	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 $300	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