MSI B350M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (85%). 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	13.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 04:44
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	85%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 71% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 712 66% 553 Pts	64-Core 984 61% 984 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 45 Parallax 15.8 13% 25.4 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 21.7 19% 23.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB 658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 399GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 423 Write 176 Mixed 292 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 2.12 40% 9.33 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 87%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3491 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 72 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 43 244814250032 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 36723456279 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1150352115 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1003741582 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1944 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	54.7% Above average	Read 477 Write 265 Mixed 224 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 9.92 64% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 18.6 DQ Mixed 7.51 9% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204591624 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7269938 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 757006377 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 89 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 94489280553 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2259152796932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2778968873 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5503924620	96.9% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 175 Mixed 153 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x16GB 3,191 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 19 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%

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Gaming 28%

Raft

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	254x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	91x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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