MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	106% 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	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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 17:52
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	76.5% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 418 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 166 84% 128 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 107 Splatting 73.4 72% 90.1 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 407 419 425 422 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 426 Mixed 315 SusWrite 420 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 36.3 154% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 126 153% 269 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 464 459 470 472 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 444 Mixed 370 SusWrite 465 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52.4 179% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 240 208% 310 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 90GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 251 250 251 251 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 473 Write 256 Mixed 165 SusWrite 250 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 24.4 130% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 57.6 104% 211 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 161GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 408 415 457 335 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 413 Mixed 372 SusWrite 406 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.1 170% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 250 211% 309 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% 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 2,440 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) $36	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