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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201126
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 13:37
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 74.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 91% 171 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 848 88% 710 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7670 3,465 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B 7670) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 5.6 6% 6.33 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Midasforce 128GB 128GB 609 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0707A0L Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,604 Write 443 Mixed 173 158% 740 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 29.7 172% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 396 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 169 145% 222 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 155%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 323GB free Firmware: JC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 119 120 115 121 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 111 Write 113 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 118 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559A00LF 53L4P-2HBMJR-MR8LF 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 33.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 32 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 90.5 44% 90.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	18.9"	1280 720	IPS1900 1900NH

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,437x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	751x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 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 $255Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $382

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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