MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	116% 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	13.1 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	Nov 30 '20 at 17:54
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 427 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.9% 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: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 148 92% 127 fps	MRender 90.6 Gravity 108 Splatting 73.4 72% 90.5 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 322 456 450 446 445 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 467 Mixed 393 SusWrite 409 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 46.4 183% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 247 210% 308 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 117%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 260GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 419 420 414 409 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 490 Mixed 392 SusWrite 407 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 56.8 200% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 234 209% 315 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: 408 463 436 476 473 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 456 Mixed 335 SusWrite 454 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 52.5 192% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 240 209% 313 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 92GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 247 223 214 193 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 483 Write 221 Mixed 179 SusWrite 221 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.6 136% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 58.3 104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.8% 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 30.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 25.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 26.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.3% 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 $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 $550	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