MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180707
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 11 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.75 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 113
2-Core 225
78% 140 Pts
4-Core 410
8-Core 426
56% 418 Pts
64-Core 423
26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)
MSI(1462 7A38) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.7.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
14.4% Very poor
Lighting 17.3
Reflection 18.4
Parallax 22.6
14% 19.4 fps
MRender 15.8
Gravity 16.5
Splatting 21.7
15% 18 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 14.4%
Great: 11%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
898GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 120 58 123 146 150 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
64% Good
Read 106
Write 163
Mixed 82
SusWrite 117
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 64%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 38.4
MC Write 37.8
MC Mixed 36.8
108% 37.7 GB/s
SC Read 23.3
SC Write 36.3
SC Mixed 25.7
81% 28.4 GB/s
Latency 76.6
52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 102%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 1,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $439
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