MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 02:23
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 375 52% 385 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 101 66% 86.6 fps	MRender 76.7 Gravity 81.8 Splatting 64.1 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 169 152 138 128 115 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 465 Mixed 371 SusWrite 165 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 51.5 179% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 224 206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 118%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK512TBN 512GB 2,512 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 476GB free Firmware: M0MU031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 446 454 460 391 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 470 Mixed 374 SusWrite 392 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 38.5 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 326 248% 333 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 101%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 759GB free Firmware: 0107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 101 101 96 101 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 100 Write 66 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 98.4 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 930GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 117 119 117 117 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB-$74 9,729 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 27.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 23 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

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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%

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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	412x
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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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