MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	181% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 01:14
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 1400-$87 71,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 60.8 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 169 60% 107 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 415 44% 354 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.4% Very good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 88 Parallax 169 65% 112 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 118 Splatting 127 93% 111 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 784 621 615 615 611 613 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 1,589 Write 1,394 Mixed 792 SusWrite 643 246% 1,104 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 50.1 163% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 670 487% 636 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 259%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 721GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 117 121 120 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 74.5 Write 111 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 121 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.1 125% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GB 10,940 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $155Bench 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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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $444

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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