MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	90.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '21 at 22:02
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 196 80% 135 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 443 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3683 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 118 Parallax 131 104% 125 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 131 Splatting 110 112% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 121 69 66 83 72 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 450 Mixed 419 SusWrite 106 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 49.8 174% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 140 124% 185 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 118%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 2TB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 241GB free, PID 427a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 139 139 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 169 Write 164 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 139 163% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$30 11,890 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%

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

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Typical B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 2,435 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	641x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	413x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	215x

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	200x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x

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: $183

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16