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

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	197% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 09:07
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 177 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 519 55% 437 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 134D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 86% 108 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 90.2 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 12,045 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s34 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 961 1036 1087 1011 243 270 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,898 Write 1,078 Mixed 876 SusWrite 768 256% 1,155 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 42 149% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 779 DQ Mixed 607 468% 626 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 278%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 826GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 115 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 160 Write 120 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 116 155% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 0.7 321% 3.53 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 10.5 DQ Mixed 0.6 379% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 38 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 35.6 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 28.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,435x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	645x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	192x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $36Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	515x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	422x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $381

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 $184	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) $35	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