MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.5% 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	84.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '19 at 16:39
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 680 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 867 54% 867 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 350 419 User benchmarks, average bench 10% HP(103C 2B51) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 12.2 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 14.1 10% 14 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 17.4 12% 13.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 180 191 190 189 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 353 Write 310 Mixed 337 SusWrite 207 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 39.7 145% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 182 168% 255 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 34.2 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $46Bench 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: $339

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