MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 03:20
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 704 68% 561 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3711) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	157% Outstanding	Lighting 214 Reflection 224 Parallax 243 174% 227 fps	MRender 277 Gravity 215 Splatting 141 165% 211 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 144 153 154 143 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 475 Mixed 379 SusWrite 167 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.8 215% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48.6 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 68 60% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 224GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 31 33 37 38 38 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.4% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 41.5 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 36 9% 40 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 14.6 48% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.9 11% 14.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 99%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 876GB free Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 52 55 56 56 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	535% Outstanding	Read 5,689 Write 57.3 Mixed 115 SusWrite 54.1 308% 1,479 MB/s	4K Read 753 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 7.3 1,152% 255 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 535% Great: 310%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 203GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 202 Write 175 Mixed 108 SusWrite 94.8 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 1x16GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10.1 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.5 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 50%

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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%

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Workstation 21%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	643x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	414x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	219x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	556x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	201x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16