MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.6% 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 Drive	41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	21.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '21 at 19:05
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 70.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 190 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 617 59% 488 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 90.4 0% 51.3 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 46.2 48% 61 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SATA III SSD 120GB 1,366 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 102 25 72 30 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 65.3 Write 335 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 52.3 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 23.9 103% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 70.7 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 175 115% 133 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 330GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 460 261 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 476 Mixed 408 SusWrite 240 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 43.9 150% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 121%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 885GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 179 185 184 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 46 SusWrite 182 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 26 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 21.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 103%

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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%

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	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 $38Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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