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

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	265% 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 19:52
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 794 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 116 Parallax 249 110% 167 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 163 115% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 735GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1301 1415 1439 1406 1437 1465 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1441 Write 1,482 Mixed 1,104 SusWrite 1,410 306% 1,359 MB/s	4K Read 59.2 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 79.1 274% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 932 DQ Mixed 273 356% 631 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 295%
1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 12GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 9.3 9.3 9.1 8.7 8.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	5.97% Terrible	Read 19 Write 9 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 9 13% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.97% Great: 6%
ST1000DM 003-1CH162 1TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 75GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 36 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 33.5 Write 29.5 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 36.7 42% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 160% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 27%
Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 750GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 194GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 66 65 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 83.7 Write 73.7 Mixed 48 SusWrite 65.4 89% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 33.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 31.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 103%

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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 $153Bench 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 $38Bench 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: $382

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