MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 03:49
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	93%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Celeron G3930-$28 9,606 User benchmarks, average bench 48% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Memory 86.6 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 185 25% 185 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 24.1 Parallax 31.5 21% 27 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 29 Splatting 25.1 23% 29.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 31001457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 69277822489489 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1307 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 373 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 50 60132818976 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 60132818976 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 31001457 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 31001457 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 31001457 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8509 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5249 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5249 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7044 (F4) Unknown 98 98 196673597	56.9% Above average	Read 440 Write 109 Mixed 158 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 14.2 97% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 88.5 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 23.1 40% 76.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 851GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 81 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4813 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3138 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 749 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4063 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	74.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 132 Mixed 118 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.39 108% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.BAGN8.40C0B 1x4GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 7.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	641x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	413x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	214x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	554x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	200x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	41x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $198

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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