MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.9% 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	212% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 22:18
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 667 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6150) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 34.4 Reflection 25 Parallax 31.3 28% 30.2 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 31.3 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,803 Write 1,423 Mixed 1,500 350% 1,575 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 39.3 142% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 97.8 102% 171 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 207%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 293GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 78 194089633 (03) Spinup time 98 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2386 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 124304652 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 69036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1236 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 690552873 (C2) HDA temperature 41 51 73014444073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 45 228208472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.2% Average	Read 72.1 Write 74.8 Mixed 73.6 55% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 43%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 12TB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 9.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 271 Write 220 Mixed 173 270% 221 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.23 32% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.6% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 103%

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Typical B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 1,141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	254x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	91x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD $100Bench 57%, 83,528 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	141x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	135x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	66x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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