MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190202
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 03 '20 at 21:05
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 74.6 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 188 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 609 58% 480 Pts	64-Core 1,006 62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 145 Parallax 133 85% 128 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 129 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 484 493 451 455 445 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1604 Write 306 Mixed 394 SusWrite 468 151% 693 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 42.4 128% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 490 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 361 303% 439 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 333%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 171 169 172 174 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 197 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 171 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 31.1 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 101%

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

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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	255x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 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	67x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16