MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161202
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '23 at 14:26
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$88 149,467 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 (89^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 222 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 412 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341A) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.6% Average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 70 40% 59.4 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 43.9 42% 53.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$35 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,931 Write 1,948 Mixed 1,626 410% 1,835 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 56.2 185% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 700 523% 709 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 625GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 171 173 167 173 180 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 131 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 173 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 16GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 49: 0P 5R 8G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
49%	26%	50	208	59	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	644x
Core i5-7500Intel $88Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	414x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	556x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	275x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	201x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $176

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16