MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% 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	115% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '24 at 22:53
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 118 2-Core 213 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 624 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.4 83% 100 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 95.1 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 203 142 153 138 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 898 Write 752 Mixed 204 SusWrite 170 112% 506 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 48.7 135% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 799 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 674 473% 608 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 141%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 35GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 453 461 450 369 240 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 470 Mixed 406 SusWrite 404 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 53.4 175% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 21GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 199 172 149 149 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 460 Write 188 Mixed 230 SusWrite 164 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 14.3 102% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 29.5 49% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 72%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 182GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 113 111 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 90 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 112 129% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.2 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 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
0%	0%	0	70	58	75	27"	1280 720	IVM668A PL2794H

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	245x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	131x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	91x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	92x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	79x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 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: $182

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16