MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 21:39
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 675 69% 558 Pts	64-Core 899 56% 899 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 70.4 65% 77 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 77.3 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 177 103 58 59 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 472 Write 309 Mixed 195 SusWrite 101 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 21.6 52% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 116 71% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 413GB free Firmware: HP13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 154 153 157 156 157 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 157 Write 161 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 154 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 112%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 753GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 133 134 134 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 89.5 Write 131 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 135 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 208% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 34.3 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 555 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 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	245x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	43x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	84x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 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 $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $341

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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