MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.1% 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	115% 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.

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	Oct 21 '20 at 17:45
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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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-$89 234,266 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% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 215 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84% 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: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 171 94% 128 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 132 92% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 456 449 453 447 443 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 432 Mixed 392 SusWrite 436 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 46.6 182% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 235 202% 300 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 117%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 251GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 403 419 416 420 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 389 SusWrite 420 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.3 198% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 260 221% 324 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 111%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 450 446 468 477 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 470 Mixed 352 SusWrite 461 97% 428 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54.9 193% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 250 214% 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: 250 250 229 222 209 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 483 Write 254 Mixed 172 SusWrite 228 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.5 136% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 57.9 104% 211 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% 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)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 25.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 25.3 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 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: $176

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16