MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	34.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	20.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 09:51
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.4% Poor	Memory 26.9 1-Core 51 2-Core 80.4 30% 52.8 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 121 16% 118 Pts	64-Core 141 9% 141 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 96 99 95 74 69 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 287 Write 215 Mixed 130 SusWrite 85.8 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 7.3 17% 6.07 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 195 165% 243 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Write 4.2 3% 4.2 MB/s	4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 33% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB 3,148 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 12.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 11.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 274 15% 274 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 801 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $93Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	245x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	133x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	127x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	93x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	79x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 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: $180

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16