MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	94.6% 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	260% 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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 23:49
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 84.2 84% 84.2 Pts
Poor: 73% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 119 Parallax 124 99% 122 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 104 Splatting 84.5 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 324 326 325 323 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,448 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,392 SusWrite 376 315% 1,422 MB/s	4K Read 64.7 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 87.4 298% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,131 DQ Mixed 1,008 772% 1,040 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 280%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 142GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 475 475 476 471 414 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 470 Mixed 443 SusWrite 464 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.7 191% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 296 244% 348 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 96GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 477 477 479 467 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 481 Mixed 454 SusWrite 472 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.9 195% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 296 244% 348 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 6,868 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 34.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 34.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 103%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	245x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	44x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16