MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.8% 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	124% 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 23 '20 at 18:04
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-$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)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 107 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 408 52% 397 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.5% 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)	93.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 97.2 Parallax 187 94% 133 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 106 Splatting 133 92% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 449 465 455 456 443 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 492 Mixed 393 SusWrite 447 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.2 194% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 256 218% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 117%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 251GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 421 422 413 421 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 493 Mixed 410 SusWrite 419 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 56.8 201% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 262 222% 325 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 111%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 473 476 479 478 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 482 Mixed 400 SusWrite 467 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 54.9 195% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 247 213% 316 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 93GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 193 193 200 196 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 467 Write 207 Mixed 154 SusWrite 193 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 27.2 136% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 59.9 101% 201 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.1% 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 (76^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 25.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

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