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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.7% 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 Drive244% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 09 '20 at 18:28
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 86.8
1-Core 124
2-Core 244
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 485
8-Core 946
85% 715 Pts
64-Core 1,292
80% 1,292 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
EVGA(3842 1267) ≥ 4GB; 06G-P4-1267-KR
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Lighting 102
Reflection 90.8
Parallax 83.8
83% 92.3 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 87.3
Splatting 77.7
72% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$103
337GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 687 861 864 870 874 874 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,550
Write 2,030
Mixed 1,416
SusWrite 838
380% 1,709 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 49.3
195% 75.2 MB/s
DQ Read 566
DQ Write 827
DQ Mixed 535
450% 643 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 244%
Great: 372%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB
900GB free
Firmware: HEF01D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 106 108 105 106 105 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
63.4% Good
Read 110
Write 107
Mixed 35
SusWrite 105
65% 89.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 21.1
4K Mixed 2
638% 7.9 MB/s
DQ Read 2.2
DQ Write 21.4
DQ Mixed 8.7
89% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 63.4%
Great: 64%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 39.7
MC Write 37.6
MC Mixed 34.8
107% 37.4 GB/s
SC Read 25.6
SC Write 37.9
SC Mixed 29.9
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 103%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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: 88% - Excellent Total price: $384
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