MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A74
Motherboard	MSI B250M PRO-VH (MS-7A74) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170203
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 06:21
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 504 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.3 78% 99.5 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 96.2 78% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$38 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0624AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^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 100 100 440 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 29 (A3) Unknown 100 100 255 (A4) Unknown 100 100 33293 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45256794439713 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 158686 (F2) Unknown 100 100 181614 (F5) Unknown 100 100 196636	76.4% Very good	Read 487 Write 244 Mixed 267 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 23.5 106% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 34 78% 167 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 212GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 63 23514075 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1058 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 50079834 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 413 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 555548704 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1069 (C2) HDA temperature 32 22 94489280544 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 23514075 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67692979554466 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16699855441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27746798477	59.6% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 114 Mixed 101 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 216GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 60.6 Write 62.1 Mixed 55 76% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.26 79% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 45%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 5GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 130 Write 15.6 Mixed 14.4 45% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.05 40% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBR 1x16GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 42%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 18%

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

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	245x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	130x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	90x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	79x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	27x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	22x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GBKingstonBench 44%, 13,141 samples	21x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	17x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x4GBUnknownBench 75%, 7,488 samples	14x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $197

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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