MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	29.3% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190830
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 23:13
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 82.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 288 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 945 93% 759 Pts	64-Core 1,395 86% 1,395 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2501 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 136 Parallax 151 113% 142 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 136 Splatting 98 89% 110 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 67 63 132 49 206 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.3% Poor	Read 183 Write 83 Mixed 82 SusWrite 129 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 10.5 45% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 13.1 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 13.9 10% 14 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 113GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 80 79 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 90.7 Write 92.7 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 79.1 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 63%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 238GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 72 71 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 52.2 Write 52.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 70.6 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 33.7 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 32.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 105%

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	245x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	43x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	84x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $367

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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