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

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.9% 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	266% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star B450 Gaming MAG META 5 (MS-B930)
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200106
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '20 at 17:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 81.6 1-Core 149 2-Core 295 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 842 89% 712 Pts	64-Core 1099 68% 1099 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 83.1 78% 88.8 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 80 Splatting 78.2 74% 93.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBPNTY-512G-1032 512GB 6,012 User benchmarks, average bench 221% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11110000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1079 970 768 696 695 624 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,015 Write 2,319 Mixed 1,747 SusWrite 805 387% 1,722 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 77.3 273% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,242 DQ Write 1,085 DQ Mixed 1,151 866% 1,159 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 264%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 594GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 167 170 173 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 171 Mixed 104 SusWrite 169 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 249% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% 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)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 35.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 36.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 110%

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

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,463x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	757x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	456x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	659x
RTX 2060Nvidia $287Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	458x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	402x

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	518x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	429x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $345

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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