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

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.2% 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	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '21 at 13:26
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 703 66% 548 Pts	64-Core 951 59% 951 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 99.4 Parallax 90.9 81% 96.7 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 78.2 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 83 89 104 70 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48% Average	Read 310 Write 151 Mixed 190 SusWrite 108 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 22 89% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 38.7 30% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 100%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 431GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2290 621 618 618 618 619 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,578 Write 2,360 Mixed 1,597 SusWrite 897 415% 1,858 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 89.7 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,025 DQ Write 918 DQ Mixed 948 718% 964 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 340%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 39 51 169 168 177 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 172 Write 165 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 108 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE1 2x8GB 13,393 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 33.6 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.7 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,441x
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