MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	123% 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 (11%). 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '20 at 11:53
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 699 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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 below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 96% 114 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 86.5 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 431 294 294 294 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 473 Mixed 446 SusWrite 343 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.3 212% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 123% 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: 9.7 9.9 11 10 10 9.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.49% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 9.2 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 10 13% 9.18 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 21% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 4.49% Great: 67%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 14GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 26 24 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 129 Write 19.5 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 25.2 46% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 65% 5.27 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 35%

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 below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 13.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 43%

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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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Typical B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 2,432 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	641x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	413x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	553x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	200x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	41x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $201

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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