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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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)
Memory3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
DisplayΧρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191029
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 24 '21 at 12:20
Run Duration327 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G-$75
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 80.7
1-Core 118
2-Core 236
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 480
63% 474 Pts
64-Core 479
30% 479 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
MSI(1462 7A38) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.10.2
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
12.9% Very poor
Lighting 16.1
Reflection 16.3
Parallax 22.3
13% 18.2 fps
MRender 14.5
Gravity 17.1
Splatting 14.2
12% 15.3 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 12.9%
Great: 13%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29
80GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M6CR013
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 80 94 53 75 6.5 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
37.3% Below average
Read 502
Write 444
Mixed 12.5
SusWrite 104
58% 266 MB/s
4K Read 24.1
4K Write 7.3
4K Mixed 0.4
41% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 37.3%
Great: 92%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
107% Outstanding
MC Read 38.4
MC Write 40.6
MC Mixed 36.8
110% 38.6 GB/s
SC Read 26.5
SC Write 43
SC Mixed 29.8
95% 33.1 GB/s
Latency 79.3
50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 107%
Great: 113%

 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 7,728 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: 87% - Excellent Total price: $388
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