MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 22:54
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 176 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 628 58% 485 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 12,718 User benchmarks, average bench 1% POV(1ACC 9153) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.26% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.49 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.96 2% 1.97 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.26% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: UI190000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 50 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 77 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 41 176094838822 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60130852878 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 121 (EA) Unknown 100 100 283 (F1) Unknown 100 100 124 (F2) Unknown 100 100 97 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	31.4% Below average	Read 450 Write 35.3 Mixed 20.9 35% 169 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 1.75 37% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47 DQ Write 2.7 DQ Mixed 2.38 7% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 929GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 65 8000141 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 15 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 5747 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (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 61 57 690159655 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 39 28 120259084327 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 7 8000141 (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 -136906377527289 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5464610 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2535531	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 178 Mixed 166 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.33 112% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8764632 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 57 51 296390773852 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -6661494271560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4406 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 249112495667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 30620450848 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 67 67 67686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 127459 (C2) HDA temperature 32 57 64424509472 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 55671366092771 (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 98 98 55671366092771 (F1) Unknown 100 253 57110240 (F2) Unknown 100 253 208852365 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	56% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 96.1 Mixed 95.1 73% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.22 63% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 61%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	9.31% Terrible	Read 28.1 Write 6.5 Mixed 9.63 15% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.67 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 1.07 83% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.31% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 12.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 26%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	255x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	92x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x

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Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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