MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 03:40
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 325 44% 325 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1436 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 94.4 63% 81.5 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 58.7 54% 67.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon LCH-256V2S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: FC8110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 258 267 260 264 290 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 346 Write 296 Mixed 247 SusWrite 265 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 34.5 112% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 173 144% 206 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 118 116 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 118 Write 109 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 118 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 20 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 90%

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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 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