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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190704
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 15:13
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 79.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 94% 176 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 829 85% 687 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2064 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 97 89% 106 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 860GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA25C SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 111 116 122 117 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 121 Write 124 Mixed 58 SusWrite 118 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 74%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 1,389 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 901GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 106 107 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 102 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 106 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,803 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 33.3 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 30.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 79%

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 1,176 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	415x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	162x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	102x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	145x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	104x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	65x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GBBench 78%, 11,560 samples	33x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	30x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	158x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $344

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16