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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80% 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 Drive88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20220318
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 14 '22 at 17:48
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 18%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (56th 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 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Memory 75.2
1-Core 143
2-Core 283
90% 167 Pts
4-Core 522
8-Core 726
79% 624 Pts
64-Core 1,067
66% 1,067 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1
Performing below potential (77th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 110
Parallax 157
82% 123 fps
MRender 91.8
Gravity 116
Splatting 76.4
76% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80%
Great: 85%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300
326GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFZ12.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 268 160 243 197 237 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 489
Write 460
Mixed 271
SusWrite 221
80% 360 MB/s
4K Read 25.7
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 37.5
130% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 353
DQ Mixed 197
190% 297 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.2% Very good
MC Read 30.6
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 29.9
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 22.2
SC Write 17.1
SC Mixed 30.2
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 89.9
44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)

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