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

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 13 '21 at 23:20
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 666 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 913 56% 913 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E410) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 145 Parallax 259 115% 182 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 144 Splatting 96.3 95% 119 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 464 463 443 407 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 468 Mixed 442 SusWrite 434 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 50.2 165% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 297 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 858GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2369 2158 1190 1199 1197 1198 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,514 Write 2,356 Mixed 1,676 SusWrite 1,552 454% 2,025 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 77.9 257% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 731 DQ Mixed 904 662% 871 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 372%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 907GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 100 101 105 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 67.4 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 101 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3400 C16 2x8GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 35 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

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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 $133	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