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

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.3% 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	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '22 at 10:41
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65% Good	Memory 64.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 182 66% 117 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 555 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 965 60% 965 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Zotac(19DA 4509) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 166 Parallax 95.7 94% 125 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 87.6 68% 82.6 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 440 325 441 508 280 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 401 Write 710 Mixed 754 SusWrite 423 130% 572 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 16 57% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 442 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 420 300% 388 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 262%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 361GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 291 346 379 306 335 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 297 Write 267 Mixed 242 SusWrite 326 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 24.2 4K Mixed 12.9 50% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 277 220% 308 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 11,968 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 30.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 21.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 105%

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

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,438x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	752x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	645x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	193x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	515x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $382

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16