MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 12 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211102
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '22 at 23:16
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 231 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 741 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 128 Parallax 83.4 73% 100 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 71 70% 87.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 256 258 258 258 261 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 330 Write 242 Mixed 250 SusWrite 262 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 45.9 154% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 256 209% 299 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 111%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 193GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 143 125 124 100 156 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 478 Write 185 Mixed 171 SusWrite 130 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 9.7 92% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 34.5 58% 113 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 732GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 169 Write 87.3 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 70.4 68% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA EXTERNAL_USB 2TB 2,421 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 0901 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 126 129 127 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 122 Write 127 Mixed 20 SusWrite 128 131% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 33% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 16GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 29 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 27 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 94%

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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%

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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	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	66x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16