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

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	234% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 22:12
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 80.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 784 78% 634 Pts	64-Core 1,002 62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 96.1 Parallax 88.7 80% 94.5 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 84.9 Splatting 75.9 73% 91.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 588GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1380 856 830 832 836 837 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,588 Write 1,803 Mixed 1,452 SusWrite 929 325% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 73.3 245% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 669 DQ Mixed 918 663% 865 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KD48GU880-32A160U 2x8GB 2,876 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 45.7 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 36.4 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 27.4 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 32.3 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

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

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 7,727 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $155Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 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: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $388

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