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

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210514
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '21 at 12:46
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 244 74% 138 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 781 73% 607 Pts	64-Core 1263 78% 1263 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.8.1 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 0.3 Parallax 202 93% 106 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 95.4 94% 117 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 318GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 88 168 927 83 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 1,468 Write 1,434 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 300 239% 1,071 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 57.9 191% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 58.3 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 78.4 68% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 295%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 12 35 39 53 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 83.8 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 47.5 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 77%
Intenso External USB 3.0 1TB 1,890 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 436GB free Firmware: 5438 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 104 108 112 104 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 83.9 Write 136 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 108 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.7 224% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 74%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 199GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 130 130 136 134 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 151 Write 127 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 131 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 23GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 58 23 24 26 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 156 Write 56.4 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 37.4 92% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.6 140% 3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 37,374 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 107%

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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	8	5	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAM0524 SyncMaster

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,438x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	752x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 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 $274Bench 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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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