MSI B250M PRO-VD(MS-7A74)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive48.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A74
MotherboardMSI B250M PRO-VD(MS-7A74)  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161014
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 26 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 93.1
1-Core 118
2-Core 232
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 448
59% 442 Pts
64-Core 453
28% 453 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 150
Parallax 130
116% 140 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 135
Splatting 107
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z32080RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 89 60 100 77 96 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
48.8% Average
Read 424
Write 167
Mixed 18
SusWrite 88.5
38% 174 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 0.1
73% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 160
DQ Mixed 25.8
55% 113 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 48.8%
Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
836GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 178 178 179 178 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 172
Write 169
Mixed 105
SusWrite 178
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 100%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
82.1% Excellent
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 24.5
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 32.2
SC Mixed 25.3
72% 25.2 GB/s
Latency 61.8
65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250M PRO-VD(MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 119 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI B250M PRO-VD(MS-7A74) - $63

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $269
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HDDRAMUSB
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