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

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	19.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	264% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200609
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '20 at 12:56
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 525 71% 527 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 29.5 19% 25.5 fps	MRender 17.6 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 29.2 20% 23.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 750 430 428 429 424 424 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,451 Write 2,237 Mixed 1,548 SusWrite 481 374% 1,679 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 81.8 278% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 997 DQ Write 1,244 DQ Mixed 1,150 859% 1,131 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 302%
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 112GB free Firmware: JTRA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 452 451 453 452 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 453 Mixed 436 SusWrite 453 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 42.1 129% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 351 250% 316 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 293GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 110 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 37.6 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.7 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 30.5 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

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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 $150Bench 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