MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 175% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	165% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	58.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '22 at 16:57
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X-$245 60,132 User benchmarks, average bench 99% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 73.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 307 94% 177 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 1253 110% 937 Pts	64-Core 2,131 132% 2,131 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% EVGA(3842 3485) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.47 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Lighting 246 Reflection 214 Parallax 211 200% 224 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 162 Splatting 134 144% 184 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS200T2B0A 2TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 407 424 425 421 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 445 Mixed 316 SusWrite 424 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 42.4 147% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 250 215% 318 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%
Addlink M.2 PCIE 1TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 117GB free Firmware: ECFM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,553 Write 2,094 Mixed 1,725 402% 1,791 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 71.9 250% 94.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,214 DQ Write 1,019 DQ Mixed 1046 803% 1,093 MB/s
Poor: 124% Great: 260%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 9.2 14 57 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 41 SusWrite 27.7 55% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 109%
MB2000EBUCF 2TB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 248GB free Firmware: MK7O SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 17 13 18 28 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 158 Write 26.7 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 21.4 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 114 113 115 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 81.5 Write 122 Mixed 73 SusWrite 113 72% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3600 C18 Series 2x31.5GB 1,341 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 93.4 43% 93.4 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 139%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	246x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	45x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	80x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16