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

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.6% 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	221% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191111
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 15:06
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 82.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 772 83% 661 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 12E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 140 Parallax 88.6 79% 109 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 76 71% 88.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 893 422 424 425 426 427 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,564 Write 1,627 Mixed 1,205 SusWrite 503 274% 1,225 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 76.5 265% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,206 DQ Write 823 DQ Mixed 1,002 751% 1,010 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 237%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 330GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 462 464 469 471 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 464 Mixed 435 SusWrite 462 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 55.5 185% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 297 245% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 127%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 130GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 278 261 257 252 247 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 476 Mixed 402 SusWrite 284 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61.3 206% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 366 277% 370 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 841GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 171 173 174 174 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 123 Write 170 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 170 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 247GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 131 131 131 131 131 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 177 Write 122 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 130 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-3200 C16 8GB 2x8GB 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 36.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 33.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 112%

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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 PLUS (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 1,173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	414x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	162x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	102x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	145x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	103x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	65x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GBBench 78%, 11,560 samples	33x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	30x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	158x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $321

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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