MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	223% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 00:32
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 119 2-Core 214 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 645 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A74) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8853 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.75% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 6.7 Parallax 7.3 5% 6.77 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 10.2 7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.75% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 213 Parallax 128 101% 155 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 119 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 766 706 688 649 613 551 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,371 Write 889 Mixed 1,098 SusWrite 662 276% 1,255 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 53 217% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 362 304% 453 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 393%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 191GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 152 154 151 143 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 164 Write 165 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 148 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 113%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 939 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 639GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 104 105 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 119 Write 110 Mixed 60 SusWrite 104 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 146% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 70%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 371GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 40 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 40.4 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 41.1 50% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 94%

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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 22%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	245x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	130x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	90x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	79x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	27x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	22x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GBKingstonBench 44%, 13,141 samples	21x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x4GBUnknownBench 75%, 7,488 samples	14x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

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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