MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.6% 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	302% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '21 at 17:05
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 612 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 96.1 Parallax 87.5 78% 93.3 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 88.9 Splatting 75.4 70% 87.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1706 1489 1441 1431 1370 1163 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,390 Write 2,289 Mixed 1,785 SusWrite 1,433 443% 1,974 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 77 264% 92.4 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 753 DQ Mixed 809 610% 818 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 410%
Gigabyte SSD 120GB-$31 13,685 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 111GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 191 82 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 484 Write 427 Mixed 371 SusWrite 157 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 33.2 137% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 204 184% 277 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 160 160 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 104 SusWrite 160 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 109%
Toshiba MK3275GSX 320GB 4,670 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 139GB free Firmware: GT001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 66 66 64 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 67.6 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 64.4 38% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,232 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 35.2 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 27.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 260 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	121x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	19x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	15x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	9x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	7x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $339

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