MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	95.6% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 12:51
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$184 107,827 User benchmarks, average bench 75% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 85% 145 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 440 60% 440 Pts	64-Core 441 30% 441 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$450 347,927 User benchmarks, average bench 106% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3700 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 122 Parallax 136 106% 130 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 142 Splatting 115 120% 150 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$35 28,482 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 260 63 89 68 63 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 434 Mixed 409 SusWrite 107 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.9 178% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 256 206% 286 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 123%
TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 2TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 546GB free, PID 427a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 179 179 179 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 194 Write 178 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 173 187% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 93% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$46 8,159 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 24.3 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.7% 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 2,605 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $185Bench 71%, 177,161 samples	626x
Core i5-7500Intel $184Bench 75%, 107,827 samples	419x
Pentium G4560Intel $65Bench 63%, 54,352 samples	368x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 695,028 samples	606x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	308x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $210Bench 53%, 459,268 samples	231x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 59%, 122,292 samples	86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	77x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 237,257 samples	72x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 36%, 24,868 samples	62x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 45,945 samples	60x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 75%, 88,138 samples	53x

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Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16