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

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.1% 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	111% 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.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 13:20
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 1200-$100 83,528 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 76.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 467 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3567 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 90.3 78% 94.3 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 78.3 75% 93.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 271 265 257 252 245 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 471 Mixed 454 SusWrite 267 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 58.6 194% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 303 228% 303 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 147GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 133 132 133 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 83.4 Write 89.9 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 133 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GB 1,519 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3066 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 37.2 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 30.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

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Gaming 64%

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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 $38Bench 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) $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