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

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	141% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '20 at 16:14
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G-$75 104,122 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 76.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 492 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 115,953 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7A38) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.4 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 21 13% 17.7 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 16.7 Splatting 20.6 13% 15.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 15,006 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 210 205 212 212 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,419 Write 890 Mixed 910 SusWrite 243 192% 866 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 48 170% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 558 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 379 283% 385 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 199%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 75GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 109 110 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 110 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 70%
MXT-USB Storage Device 64GB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 11GB free, PID 8816 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.7 5.5 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	9.01% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 5.2 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 4.8 7% 5.25 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.4 164% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.01% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 1x8GB 7,168 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 61%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,442x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	754x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	454x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	646x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	450x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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: $386

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16