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

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.4% 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	259% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200106
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 22:02
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 81.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 290 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 818 87% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,038 64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.7% 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 (97^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 82.3 78% 88.1 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 80 Splatting 77.5 74% 92.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1032 512GB 6,012 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11110000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1101 952 974 975 964 977 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 2248 Mixed 1,730 SusWrite 990 393% 1,747 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 75 260% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,288 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 714 562% 804 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 264%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 699GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 182 182 176 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 176 Mixed 118 SusWrite 180 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% 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% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 35.2 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 35.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89% 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 $550	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