MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 02:40
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 504 68% 505 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 19.6 Parallax 22.9 21% 22.9 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 26.8 Splatting 19.3 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 898GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12897091774 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1933 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 638 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 638 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 171799805988 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.3% Good	Read 114 Write 128 Mixed 113 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.12 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 706GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1487 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1730 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1730 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 167504642082 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 966	95% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 170 Mixed 147 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 1x8GB 893 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 10.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.6 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 53%

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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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	642x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	413x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	215x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	555x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	201x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	58x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	42x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	42x

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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