MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.4% 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	66.5% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 07:36
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 223 72% 132 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 452 59% 446 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU) 85,536 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7A38) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 19.3 12% 16.7 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 18.8 13% 14.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 230 52 53 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 386 Write 287 Mixed 284 SusWrite 118 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 22.7 114% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 136 129% 195 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 94%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 574GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 106 105 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.2 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 105 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%
178 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 54GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 22 19 21 20 21 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 102 Write 29.4 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 20 54% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 44% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 28%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 32GB 4,247 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 29GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 9.4 7.6 9.3 7.6 9.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 20.6 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 9.1 25% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.8 180% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 5,708 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 26.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 109%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	246x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	45x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16