MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	324% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '21 at 04:37
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 403 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Gigabyte(1458 22D7) CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.3.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Lighting 58.4 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 82.7 48% 66.3 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 44.9 44% 55.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 47%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 922GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1607 2206 1331 1161 1173 1169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	324% Outstanding	Read 1,879 Write 2,250 Mixed 1,397 SusWrite 1441 392% 1742 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 94.8 322% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,481 DQ Write 1273 DQ Mixed 1,357 1,022% 1,370 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 324% Great: 329%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS824A.C8FDD2 Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

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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 $95Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $183

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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