MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191202
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 22:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 762 76% 617 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3660 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 93.7 80% 94.1 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 83.3 Splatting 78.2 76% 95.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 75GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 221 298 234 241 302 MB/s Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	79.4% Very good	Read 173 Write 96.5 Mixed 242 SusWrite 264 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 38.9 139% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 214 187% 274 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 100%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,648 Write 1,693 Mixed 1,132 332% 1,491 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 73.4 241% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 897 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 300 344% 598 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 295%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 11GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 132 127 130 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 82 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 130 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 78GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 104 92 87 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 100 Write 65.2 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 89.7 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 32.8 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.2 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 103%

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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 V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 260 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	121x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	19x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	15x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $39Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	9x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	7x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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