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

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% 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	88.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 16:43
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 78.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 239 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 693 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 954 59% 954 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 133 77% 103 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 115 82% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigastone SS6200-256GB 256GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0724B SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 320 293 325 346 338 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 479 Write 307 Mixed 315 SusWrite 322 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 36.7 118% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 194 174% 261 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 105%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 875GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 82 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 79.8 Write 76.5 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 82.1 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905702-002.A00G 2x8GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,435x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 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	422x
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 $134	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