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

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	114% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 21:52
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 1,016 90% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,401 87% 1,401 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.7 83% 104 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 387 449 453 456 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 454 Mixed 439 SusWrite 371 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.1 186% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 238 197% 280 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 547GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 137 140 139 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 145 Write 141 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 138 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2x8GB 4,790 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 29.8 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 27.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 96%

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Gaming 64%

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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 $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	645x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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