MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.3% 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	116% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171117
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 00:25
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$89 149,467 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 (93^rd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 397 51% 386 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 73 Parallax 90.1 0% 54.4 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 58.8 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 385 361 345 359 371 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 423 Mixed 242 SusWrite 367 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 53.8 193% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 276 224% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 186 186 187 188 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 136 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 187 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 36 18 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 132 Write 29.6 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 25.1 61% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.8 148% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24.4 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 89%

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

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Desktop 74%

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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 $32Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $201

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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