MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% 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	113% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 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	Jan 19 '21 at 14:14
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 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)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 415 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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: 20.12.1 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 145 92% 125 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 107 Splatting 72.9 72% 90.2 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 415 419 422 364 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 443 Mixed 334 SusWrite 398 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.1 167% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 156 171% 288 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 111%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 973GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 452 447 480 477 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 459 Mixed 344 SusWrite 466 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.2 191% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 249 214% 316 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 113GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 248 247 246 244 247 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 437 Write 254 Mixed 175 SusWrite 247 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27.3 136% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 56.3 104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 170GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 287 468 327 477 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 483 Mixed 311 SusWrite 414 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 47.2 176% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 217 198% 303 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%

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)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 24 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

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Typical B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 2,440 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	642x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	414x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	218x

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	201x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $183

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