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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20190723
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '22 at 10:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3800X-$295 141,122 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 84.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 965 92% 760 Pts	64-Core 1,448 90% 1,448 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 114 Parallax 126 71% 109 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 77 70% 86.7 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,018 Write 1385 Mixed 627 295% 1,343 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 65.4 241% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,259 DQ Write 1,066 DQ Mixed 788 693% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 81GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 83 78 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 79.7 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 69%
Jmicron Generic 2TB 756 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 25GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 77.7 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 62.5 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE BL8G32C16U4BL.M8FE BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE BL8G32C16U4BL.M8FE 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 36 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 33.8 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,436x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 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 $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	192x
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 $40Bench 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: $383

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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