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

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	266% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

13 days ago, 13 days ago, 8 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '22 at 04:08
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$363 293,678 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 262 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 835 82% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,128 76% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 373,446 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 89.9 Parallax 85.3 74% 88.8 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 81 Splatting 73.7 69% 89.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 1TB 6,764 User benchmarks, average bench 259% 722GB free (System drive) Firmware: 234100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1407 404 577 522 467 581 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,072 Write 2,154 Mixed 1,923 SusWrite 660 382% 1,702 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 83.4 295% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,328 DQ Write 997 DQ Mixed 1,135 856% 1,153 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 307%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$76 123,726 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 925GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 138 140 139 141 139 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79% Very good	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 138 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL18-20-20 D4-3600 4x8GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 41.4 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 39.9 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 29.1 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 36.6 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 121%

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

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 61%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $189Bench 82%, 1,123,668 samples	10,574x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $213Bench 76%, 754,540 samples	3,468x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $363Bench 84%, 293,678 samples	1,588x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 373,446 samples	3,173x
RX 580AMD $260Bench 55%, 787,457 samples	2,111x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 89%, 574,087 samples	1,748x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 201%, 89,558 samples	758x
A400 240GBKingston $34Bench 66%, 397,594 samples	736x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 758,178 samples	585x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $58Bench 82%, 164,868 samples	2,613x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 576,559 samples	1,915x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 84%, 33,858 samples	1,229x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $487

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16