MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	121% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 17:24
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 421 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% PowerColor(148C 2402) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 95.3 Parallax 166 93% 125 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 132 92% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 356 466 470 470 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 461 Mixed 246 SusWrite 424 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 55 194% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 253 214% 314 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 117%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 249GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 426 422 418 418 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 485 Mixed 366 SusWrite 404 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 55.8 197% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 260 221% 323 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 111%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 467 452 472 475 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 472 Mixed 383 SusWrite 445 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 53.3 191% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 248 213% 316 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 93GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 249 237 207 190 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 477 Write 217 Mixed 174 SusWrite 215 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 23.6 131% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 57.2 104% 211 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD 2x8GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 25 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 26 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 90%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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	217x

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 $30Bench 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: $184

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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