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

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	75.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '20 at 05:44
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G-$75 104,122 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 68.6 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 222 71% 130 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 475 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 115,953 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7A38) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 21.8 14% 18.5 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 16.8 Splatting 21.3 14% 16.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 13%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 418 43 7.1 7.1 5.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 504 Write 446 Mixed 412 SusWrite 142 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 25.6 124% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 81 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 39.7 80% 154 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL4G24C16U4B.8FB 2x4GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 23.8 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 92%

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

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 7,784 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

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	2,455x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	756x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	454x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	654x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	456x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	401x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	194x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	175x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $388

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16