MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.6% 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	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VD (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 01:31
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 189 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 297 39% 293 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 31.9 29% 31.1 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 32.3 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 610 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (64) Unknown 100 100 428720 (65) Unknown 100 100 51792 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 252 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 681 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 158915231778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 781 (EA) Unknown 100 100 301 (F1) Unknown 100 100 583 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1365 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	60.2% Good	Read 466 Write 190 Mixed 214 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 6.07 76% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 20.3 62% 138 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 82%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 414GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 186 3608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 634 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 629 (C2) HDA temperature 108 103 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50% Average	Read 91.5 Write 82.7 Mixed 80.9 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 52%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 248GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 79.8 Write 71 Mixed 71.9 94% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 65%
Maxtor 3200 160GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 149GB free, PID 3200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 35.1 Write 34.1 Mixed 13 33% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.36 62% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 10.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.2 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 42%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	643x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	414x
Pentium G4560Intel $31Bench 57%, 70,054 samples	219x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	556x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	273x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	201x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16