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

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	197% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 18:46
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$233 609,652 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 187 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 655 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 1,092 73% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$289 593,655 User benchmarks, average bench 88% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 162 Parallax 107 88% 126 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 90.3 83% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 95%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$50 186,168 User benchmarks, average bench 157% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 908 896 901 40 620 643 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1347 Write 906 Mixed 878 SusWrite 668 212% 950 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 70.2 245% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 864 DQ Mixed 221 276% 471 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 210%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$47 309,593 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 0GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 175 158 168 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 166 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 163 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$54 176,174 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 30.6 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 55: 6R 6G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
55%	38%	50	325	261	144	23.5"	1920 1080	MSI3BA0 MSI G24C4

History: Score 41: 5R 1G 13B | Score 55: 6R 6G 7B

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $148Bench 81%, 1,068,225 samples	11,040x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $156Bench 76%, 780,772 samples	3,652x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $265Bench 82%, 300,058 samples	1,639x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $222Bench 71%, 373,044 samples	3,289x
RX 580AMD $260Bench 55%, 843,727 samples	2,209x
RTX 2060Nvidia $289Bench 88%, 593,655 samples	1,855x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 200%, 88,566 samples	789x
A400 240GBKingston $22Bench 68%, 443,928 samples	780x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 751,699 samples	604x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $54Bench 82%, 176,174 samples	2,722x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples	2,018x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 38,116 samples	1,290x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $424

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $269	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $155	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i7-12700K $378	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $70	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $449	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16