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

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	171% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

9 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201105
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '23 at 13:14
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$78 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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 75.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 86% 160 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 797 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 4 Parallax 4.3 3% 4.13 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.23 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GMTE112S 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0901A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 527 153 100 127 89 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,579 Write 998 Mixed 975 SusWrite 187 207% 935 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 31.9 204% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 888 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 515 476% 733 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 202%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 135GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 105 113 115 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 108 Write 113 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 109 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R017D408GX2-3200C16A 1x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	12	59	10	60	21.5"	1280 720	VSCEE38 VX2276-FHD

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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 $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,470x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	763x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	664x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	461x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	401x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	196x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	175x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	518x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	431x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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