MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	122% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '20 at 16:43
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^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)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% PowerColor(148C 2402) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 96.8 Parallax 189 94% 134 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 105 Splatting 132 92% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 413 429 427 431 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 487 Mixed 389 SusWrite 425 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 55 192% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 258 220% 322 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 111%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1TB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 459 445 478 481 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 459 Mixed 394 SusWrite 466 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.5 189% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 249 214% 317 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 93GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 249 246 203 179 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 460 Write 253 Mixed 171 SusWrite 217 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 26.9 134% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 57.2 106% 215 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 210GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 463 463 458 422 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 343 Mixed 347 SusWrite 449 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 54 189% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 245 210% 312 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FD 2x8GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 24.9 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 90%

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

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Typical B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) Builds (Compare 2,433 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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