MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 01:50
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 505 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A74) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.98% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 7.88 7% 8.84 fps	MRender 0.1 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 0.13 2% 2.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.98% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 163 163 142 132 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 412 Write 238 Mixed 154 SusWrite 147 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 22.2 131% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 57.5 104% 209 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 116 118 118 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 125 Write 125 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 117 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 85%
WD Elements 25A1 1.5TB 818 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 713GB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 99.9 Write 102 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 100 121% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB-$29 2,562 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 47%

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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 25%

Raft

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 $177	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