MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181023
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '19 at 18:51
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 215 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 721 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 79.1 Parallax 68.2 65% 75.5 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 74 Splatting 74.3 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 701 253 254 254 255 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,545 Write 1,011 Mixed 1,095 SusWrite 448 280% 1,275 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 83.5 275% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 823 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 479 465% 731 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 277%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 10 9.9 68 142 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 48.3 Write 102 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 80.2 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 195% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 295GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 104 104 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 180 Write 161 Mixed 109 SusWrite 104 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 251% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2C3000C15 2x8GB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 33.6 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 260 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	121x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	19x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	15x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	9x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	7x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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