MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.78% 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 Drive	140% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181101
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 19:50
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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 A12-9800E APU (2016 M.BR) 768 User benchmarks, average bench 41% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 65 1-Core 65.6 2-Core 116 50% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 179 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 37,078 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 7A38) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 17.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.78% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 14.5 9% 12.5 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 9.83 8% 9.7 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.78% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 681 727 757 823 819 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,042 Write 596 Mixed 726 SusWrite 730 173% 774 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 39.9 135% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 211 168% 239 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 242%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 179GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 56 61 60 61 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 14 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 59.3 29% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 37%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 87 87 96 96 89 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 86.8 Write 86.7 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 88 110% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 44% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 59%
WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 105 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 116 Write 107 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 104 135% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G240081 2x8GB 3,770 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11.1 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 2.4 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 7.8 14% 4.83 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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 $131	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