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 (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	119% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 20:46
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 216 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 632 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% 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 (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 215 Parallax 229 170% 218 fps	MRender 269 Gravity 208 Splatting 130 158% 202 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 258 233 205 200 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 451 Mixed 371 SusWrite 238 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 65.8 226% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 224GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 100 102 151 154 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 362 Write 209 Mixed 285 SusWrite 120 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 30.5 100% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 184 135% 176 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.6% 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: 49 53 52 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	541% Outstanding	Read 6,089 Write 58 Mixed 116 SusWrite 54 328% 1,579 MB/s	4K Read 726 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 7.3 1,112% 246 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 541% Great: 310%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 197GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 112 114 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 131 Write 132 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 112 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron TEAMGROUP-UD4-2133 8502 2666 C16 Series 32GB 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 19.9 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns

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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 $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