MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.5% 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	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 10:36
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 655 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 15DD) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 18 Parallax 27.8 17% 22.1 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 21 16% 19.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 127 100 127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3777 (A6) Unknown 100 100 38 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 87 (A9) Unknown 100 100 26 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 79 (AE) Unknown 100 100 149 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 240518168608 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14384 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6963 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8054	75% Very good	Read 506 Write 406 Mixed 447 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 5.16 80% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 5.02 51% 120 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 86%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 909GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2688 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 890 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 565 (0A) Spinup retry count 117 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2198 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928954904 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 178 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 260 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	58.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.6 Mixed 96 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.22 51% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.6 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 25.3 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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