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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics122% 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 Drive72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200610
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 02 '23 at 00:29
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 69.2
1-Core 134
2-Core 274
84% 159 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 761
77% 626 Pts
64-Core 996
62% 996 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480
ASRock(1849 5210) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 12GB, Driver: 22.11.2
Performing below potential (54th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 126
Parallax 279
111% 180 fps
MRender 240
Gravity 143
Splatting 196
158% 193 fps
Poor: 113%
This bench: 122%
Great: 129%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 600ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 117 95 81 89 115 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
72.4% Very good
Read 326
Write 203
Mixed 229
SusWrite 99.5
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 26.7
4K Write 99.8
4K Mixed 41
146% 55.8 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 169
131% 178 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 85%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16
130GB free
Firmware: 0001SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 69 69 69 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
35.8% Below average
Read 56.3
Write 58.3
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 68.4
40% 54.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 35.8%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.2% Good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 26.6
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 21
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 24.7
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 7,736 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $380
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