MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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	82.6% 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	122% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 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 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '21 at 06:51
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 804 77% 638 Pts	64-Core 1,010 62% 1,010 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% PowerColor(148C 2388) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1625 MHz, MLim: 920 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 104 Parallax 182 84% 130 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 77 79% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 483 484 470 475 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 468 SusWrite 473 110% 486 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 54.1 181% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$76 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 486 486 486 484 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 489 Mixed 410 SusWrite 480 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 58.9 195% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 368 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 32.3 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 60: 9R 5G 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
60%	42%	33	326	265	155	27"	2560 1440	DELD0E6 S2719DGF

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	248x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	45x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16