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

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	210% 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '20 at 14:04
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 657 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Device(7377 2000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 81.7 Parallax 80.4 75% 84.8 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 72.8 71% 89.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 1TB SSD 1TB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1543 1183 281 788 867 508 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,439 Write 1,585 Mixed 1,100 SusWrite 862 280% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 39.1 209% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 896 DQ Write 811 DQ Mixed 592 516% 766 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 271%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 85GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 290 288 293 295 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 488 Write 290 Mixed 217 SusWrite 291 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 33.2 128% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 122 127% 210 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 642GB free Firmware: SM30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 101 99 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 92.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 99.4 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.9 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown D4H8GL32A8TS 2x8GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 45 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 35.9 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 31.1 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 103%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

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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	752x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $152Bench 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	515x
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 $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