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

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.3% 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	206% 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 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190918
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 03:27
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 833 87% 696 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.5% 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: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 85.6 Parallax 137 76% 106 fps	MRender 84 Gravity 101 Splatting 118 85% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% 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% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 625 509 518 540 538 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,216 Write 1352 Mixed 1,078 SusWrite 604 239% 1,063 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 72.8 242% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 969 DQ Mixed 1,058 785% 1,037 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 228%
Q-720 720GB 802 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 543GB free Firmware: S0424A SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 443 446 447 442 436 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 437 Mixed 351 SusWrite 440 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 23.8 103% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 26.2 93% 200 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 36.3 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 25 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 34.1 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 112%

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

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,435x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $154Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 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	422x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $388

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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