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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96% 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 Drive87.9% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191029
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 22 '20 at 06:36
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 57%
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 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 140
2-Core 259
88% 160 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 727
68% 567 Pts
64-Core 1040
64% 1040 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 78%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.3
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
96% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 98.6
Parallax 214
96% 144 fps
MRender 96.6
Gravity 109
Splatting 136
96% 114 fps
Poor: 78%
This bench: 96%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 120GB
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0202A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 141 142 142 143 143 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Read 505
Write 376
Mixed 381
SusWrite 166
80% 357 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 38
138% 48.8 MB/s
DQ Read 345
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 93.1
138% 258 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 193 195 195 189 193 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
95% Outstanding
Read 140
Write 157
Mixed 77
SusWrite 191
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 95%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
MC Read 34.5
MC Write 22.6
MC Mixed 33.6
86% 30.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.7
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 28.5
69% 24.2 GB/s
Latency 79.6
50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 7,728 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $381
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