MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 33%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics28.7% 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 Drive149% 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.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180126
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 20 '18 at 02:38
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 79.4
1-Core 117
2-Core 233
79% 143 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 748
75% 608 Pts
64-Core 953
59% 953 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500
Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
28.7% Poor
Lighting 35.6
Reflection 34.5
Parallax 43.2
29% 37.8 fps
MRender 32.4
Gravity 33.9
Splatting 36.1
28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 19%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 25%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$114
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 438 427 415 423 416 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 1,008
Write 451
Mixed 565
SusWrite 427
136% 613 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 58
197% 69.6 MB/s
DQ Read 489
DQ Write 450
DQ Mixed 418
328% 452 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 149%
Great: 164%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB
294GB free
Firmware: JP4OA41A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 104 108 108 108 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
64.4% Good
Read 118
Write 104
Mixed 58.5
SusWrite 106
71% 96.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 64.4%
Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39
295GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 92 92 92 92 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
53.2% Above average
Read 93.7
Write 94
Mixed 69
SusWrite 91.3
64% 87 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 53.2%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$30
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (99th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
98.3% Outstanding
MC Read 39.6
MC Write 36.2
MC Mixed 32
103% 35.9 GB/s
SC Read 23.5
SC Write 35.9
SC Mixed 26.6
82% 28.7 GB/s
Latency 81.7
49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 98.3%
Great: 90%

 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 1,147 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: 89% - Excellent Total price: $443
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HDDRAMUSB
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