MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	152% 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	120% 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

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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 05:58
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 677 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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 (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 208 Parallax 227 168% 213 fps	MRender 267 Gravity 206 Splatting 139 160% 204 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 152% 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: 362 307 271 158 145 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 490 Mixed 385 SusWrite 231 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.2 224% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 224GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 53 77 158 165 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 380 Write 374 Mixed 355 SusWrite 160 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 30 98% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 183 134% 176 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.2% 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 50 54 54 55 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	495% Outstanding	Read 5,268 Write 56.5 Mixed 112 SusWrite 52.8 286% 1,372 MB/s	4K Read 695 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 7 1,064% 235 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 495% Great: 310%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 203GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 94 96 96 93 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 184 Write 180 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 95.2 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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 as expected (55^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.2 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.4% 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 $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	554x
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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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