MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171205
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateNov 20 '20 at 13:01
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
67.7% Good
Memory 69.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 216
73% 132 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 591
58% 472 Pts
64-Core 585
36% 585 Pts
Poor: 56%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 110
Parallax 112
88% 110 fps
MRender 95
Gravity 99.4
Splatting 92.2
78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40
500GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 85 80 88 91 91 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
59.6% Above average
Read 128
Write 127
Mixed 75
SusWrite 79.8
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FBD2 BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FD2 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.7% Average
MC Read 16.7
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 14.5
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 16.4
SC Mixed 16.7
47% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 45.7%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 1,146 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

Motherboard: MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $439
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