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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics115% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200610
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateNov 23 '21 at 19:10
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 74.2
1-Core 142
2-Core 281
89% 166 Pts
4-Core 539
8-Core 833
85% 686 Pts
64-Core 1,096
68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480
PowerColor(148C 2310) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.11.3
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
115% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 134
Parallax 263
107% 176 fps
MRender 217
Gravity 135
Splatting 170
141% 174 fps
Poor: 113%
This bench: 115%
Great: 129%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 141 159 154 175 183 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Read 121
Write 110
Mixed 68
SusWrite 153
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4R.M8FE1 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.3% Very good
MC Read 31.4
MC Write 20
MC Mixed 29.4
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 23.1
SC Write 19.6
SC Mixed 28.9
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 92.1
43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 117%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 7,736 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $382
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