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 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	53% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 03:27
Run Duration	97 Seconds
Run User	DOM-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 507 66% 498 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7374631537032 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 95 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 41 253403070508 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3491844850477 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4677 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11404 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5158 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3279 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53% Above average	Read 482 Write 222 Mixed 207 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 3.68 53% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 1.38 34% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 876GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 66131794 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1169477 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 639565862 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1336 (C2) HDA temperature 38 22 94489280550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 66131794 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68719477764 (F1) Unknown 100 253 657831519 (F2) Unknown 100 253 925403904
Poor: 60% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 12GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 77%

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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 $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	245x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	130x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	90x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	79x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	27x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	22x

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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $197

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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