MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.1% 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	207% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 19:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$190 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 80.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 720 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 929 58% 929 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$110 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6150) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 33.6 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 30.4 27% 29.6 fps	MRender 35.6 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 30.4 26% 32.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 353GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 188 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 59 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 340456160
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,955 Write 1,453 Mixed 1,559 368% 1,655 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 30.2 108% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 70.3 75% 123 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 207%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 12TB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 7.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 301 Write 194 Mixed 142 246% 212 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.25 32% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 108%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 53GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 244 Write 159 Mixed 163 226% 188 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 4.7 560% 8.62 MB/s	DQ Read 11.5 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 4.98 595% 9.24 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 35.9 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 31 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%

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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 $190Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	212x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $193Bench 73%, 446,215 samples	69x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	66x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $120Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	117x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	111x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	53x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x
A400 240GBKingston $17Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	26x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	37x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	35x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	19x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16