MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	41.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	284% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Memory 61.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 171 65% 114 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 610 55% 461 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341A) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.9% Average	Lighting 49.1 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 67 40% 60.1 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 51.2 Splatting 53.7 46% 56.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 901GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1617 1667 1684 1721 1742 1735 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 1696 Write 1,580 Mixed 1,340 SusWrite 1,694 355% 1,578 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 73.8 238% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 928 DQ Write 785 DQ Mixed 433 440% 716 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 311%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 233GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 448 449 450 453 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 446 Mixed 428 SusWrite 448 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 51 169% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 276 230% 332 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 163GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 147 149 150 147 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 146 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 148 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.2% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 25.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 103%

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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 $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 $45Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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