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

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.7% 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	268% 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.

Run History

System	Micro-Star B450 Gaming MAG META 5 (MS-B930)
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200106
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 10:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3600-$88 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 82.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 834 87% 697 Pts	64-Core 1,073 66% 1,073 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 82.6 78% 88.5 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 80 Splatting 75.3 73% 92.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1032 512GB 6,012 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11110000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 892 991 971 983 976 971 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 1962 Write 2,262 Mixed 1,715 SusWrite 964 388% 1,726 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 75.7 265% 98.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,337 DQ Write 876 DQ Mixed 1,072 809% 1095 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 264%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 699GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 181 180 182 182 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 175 Mixed 108 SusWrite 181 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 35.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 35.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 110%

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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%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,456x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	756x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	455x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	655x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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