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

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.4% 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	82.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	14.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '20 at 18:21
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 763 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 899 56% 899 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 110 Parallax 191 106% 143 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 89.4 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 1TB SSD 1TB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1024A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 373 394 398 169 44 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 454 Write 395 Mixed 353 SusWrite 287 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 23.1 120% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 37 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 98%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.7 2.4 3.3 4 2.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.45% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 1.2 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 3.1 7% 7.83 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.45% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 42,084 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 33.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 28.8 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%

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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 7,742 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,440x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	753x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	454x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	646x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	450x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	193x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	516x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $387

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16