MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 23:40
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 309 41% 308 Pts	64-Core 314 19% 314 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 610 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7A74) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 5.58 Parallax 3.56 3% 4.3 fps	MRender 6.76 Gravity 3.17 Splatting 9.78 6% 6.57 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Flare 128GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM00.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 87 87 123 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131076 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 145	95.4% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 427 Mixed 480 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 12.5 126% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 11.8 88% 205 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 95%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 458GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 88 88 4470 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2749 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 505217054 (C2) HDA temperature 68 59 538640416 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 113423 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	65.4% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 109 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.54 133% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 1x8GB 2,957 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 47%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	245x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	130x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	90x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	79x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	27x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	22x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GBKingstonBench 44%, 13,141 samples	21x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x4GBUnknownBench 75%, 7,488 samples	14x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $182

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