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

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.3% 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	102% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 10:52
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 70 1-Core 150 2-Core 297 91% 172 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 891 83% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 113 Parallax 133 97% 121 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 109 Splatting 96.8 99% 125 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 206 132 140 128 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 462 Mixed 361 SusWrite 184 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 52.5 179% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 233 213% 325 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 82GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 356 353 359 353 348 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 444 Mixed 314 SusWrite 352 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.9 150% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 231 212% 325 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 154 138 162 156 162 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 120 Mixed 100 SusWrite 155 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 260% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-139.A00G 2x8GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 23.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 101 39% 101 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,438x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	753x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	453x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	646x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	193x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	516x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $387

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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