MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 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	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 00:43
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 123 2-Core 228 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 609 66% 524 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A74) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8853 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 7.1 5% 6.67 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 9.9 7% 8.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 186 Parallax 109 91% 136 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 110 Splatting 104 87% 106 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,385 Write 2,074 Mixed 1,266 423% 1,908 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 61.3 230% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 412 340% 498 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 393%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 191GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 153 154 154 162 161 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 152 Mixed 78 SusWrite 156 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 113%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 939 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 639GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 105 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 129 Write 91.4 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 105 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 206% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 70%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 371GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 41 41 41 40 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 36 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 41 49% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 94%

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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	132x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
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	23x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16