MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	32.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 14:40
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 699 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 124 Parallax 126 103% 125 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 132 177 66 102 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 501 Write 415 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 107 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.4 24% 6.43 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 92%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 398GB free Firmware: S3Z40107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 418 428 434 438 439 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 507 Write 411 Mixed 367 SusWrite 432 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 13.1 58% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 43.5 93% 185 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 671GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 186 188 191 191 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 103 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 189 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $84Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	647x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	414x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	558x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	275x
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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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