MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	112% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 14:39
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 813 73% 614 Pts	64-Core 1,144 71% 1,144 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 150 84% 114 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 110 Splatting 127 91% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 322 246 271 270 282 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 475 Mixed 338 SusWrite 311 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.4 182% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 344 266% 363 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 186GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 214 213 213 214 213 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 477 Mixed 338 SusWrite 235 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 57.7 196% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 341 265% 362 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 496GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 186 184 184 186 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 121 Mixed 81.1 SusWrite 185 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3466 C19 1x8GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3400 MHz clocked @ 1700 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 23 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 15.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 61%

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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 $155Bench 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 $54Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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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