MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	May 04 '24 at 18:59
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	LUX-User
Background CPU	13%

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 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 72.7 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 197 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 768 69% 581 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% MSI(1462 5026) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.4.1 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 140 Parallax 242 98% 167 fps	MRender 229 Gravity 126 Splatting 197 151% 184 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3401103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 378 69 28 257 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 102%
WDC PC SN720 SDAPNTW-256G-1016 256GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 173% 196GB free Firmware: 10200016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 533 466 430 425 427 429 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,713 Write 1,520 Mixed 1,350 SusWrite 452 281% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57.7 193% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 797 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 675 493% 651 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 592GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 143 144 143 144 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 112 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 143 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,820 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1866 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 21.8 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 96.6 41% 96.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	58	60	28.8"	1280 720	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 28%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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 $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	67x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	31x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	29x
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 $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	44x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $435

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16