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

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.7% 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	226% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190918
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '20 at 23:11
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 85.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 285 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 724 80% 632 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1670 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 136 78% 106 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 116 84% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 975 744 742 744 744 737 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,225 Write 1,341 Mixed 1,104 SusWrite 781 251% 1,113 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 75.3 266% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 1,012 DQ Mixed 1,080 802% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 228%
Q-720 720GB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 570GB free Firmware: S0424A SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 447 447 448 449 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 439 Mixed 368 SusWrite 444 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 20.9 129% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 27.1 85% 178 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D32AET4K.M8FE1 2x8GB 2,427 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 36.3 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 33.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,436x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 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 $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	192x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	515x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $383

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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