MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 06:23
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X-$102 38,959 User benchmarks, average bench 65% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 454 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 66.6 64% 72 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 77.1 63% 76.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 632 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 219 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5446369556	91% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 406 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 23.5 136% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 22.1 49% 95.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 47GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 127 Write 48.2 Mixed 56.2 84% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.46 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.76 107% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 39%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 141 Write 30.5 Mixed 46.5 72% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.85 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 33.6 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 98%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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