MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.6% 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	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '19 at 11:27
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 390 53% 392 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 136 Parallax 114 103% 125 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 123 Splatting 103 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 148 134 124 106 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 408 Write 159 Mixed 177 SusWrite 127 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 23.6 111% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 141 112% 155 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,997 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 166 173 174 171 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 95 Write 90.5 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 168 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 0.6 7% 3.63 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 7.4 DQ Mixed 1.9 2% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 18%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 40GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 136 138 133 141 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 104 Mixed 75 SusWrite 139 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 375GB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 102 110 109 122 122 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate D3 Station 5TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 288GB free, PID 6126 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 41 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 35 Write 36 Mixed 20 SusWrite 40.1 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 168% 2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 76%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 2GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 35 35 35 34 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 34.2 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 34.5 43% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FBD1 2x8GB 2,796 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%

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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	553x
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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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