MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics15% 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 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181106
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateNov 30 '18 at 06:04
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
74.5% Very good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 89.6
2-Core 192
70% 122 Pts
4-Core 357
8-Core 588
58% 472 Pts
64-Core 598
37% 598 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU)
MSI(1462 7A38) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.10.1
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
15% Very poor
Lighting 18.9
Reflection 15.7
Parallax 24.8
15% 19.8 fps
MRender 7.86
Gravity 21.3
Splatting 20.6
14% 16.6 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 15%
Great: 16%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14
112GB free
Firmware: P180516a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 449 447 429 429 432 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Read 482
Write 137
Mixed 437
SusWrite 436
84% 373 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 75
4K Mixed 36.5
132% 47.2 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 130
DQ Mixed 136
102% 136 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
668GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 127 127 141 119 138 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Read 158
Write 147
Mixed 79.5
SusWrite 126
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 109%
hp x705w 16GB
13GB free, PID 2340
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
11.2% Very poor
Read 43.3
Write 20.7
Mixed 27.2
SusWrite 21.1
35% 28.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.7
28% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 11.2%
Great: 30%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
48.3% Average
MC Read 17.8
MC Write 16
MC Mixed 14.1
46% 16 GB/s
SC Read 17.8
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 17.8
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 48.3%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 555 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $377
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