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

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.2% 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	37.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '20 at 12:33
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 3400G-$101 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 176 66% 115 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 541 52% 430 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 69 Parallax 158 81% 109 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 119 84% 99.8 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 250 284 254 250 285 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.7% Below average	Read 199 Write 100 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 266 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 10.3 42% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 16.2 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 102%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 7,914 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 4 4 3.9 4 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Read 16.1 Write 4.5 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 3.8 7% 6.53 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 15%

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 @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 31 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 97.4 41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 103%

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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%

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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	2,435x
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 $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