MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59.2% 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	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 00:34
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 478 60% 456 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 76 Parallax 66.3 60% 71.9 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 72.2 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 290 270 280 290 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 473 Mixed 395 SusWrite 294 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 59.1 204% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 123 123 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 59 Write 128 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 122 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 232% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 67%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: 00.0NA01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 108 109 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 107 Write 100 Mixed 61 SusWrite 108 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Expansion 250GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 214GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 1.2 Write 41.8 Mixed 0.5 SusWrite 41.7 15% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 67%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	653x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	416x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	564x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	276x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	204x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	59x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 40%, 46,352 samples	42x
HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GBKingstonBench 37%, 30,824 samples	42x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $157

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