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

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	165% 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	16GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230629
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	May 08 '24 at 23:21
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$88 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 as expected (44^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 69.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 85% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 812 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,024 63% 1,024 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 90.3 81% 96.1 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 75.4 71% 88.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1176 480 490 486 488 487 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,246 Write 1,159 Mixed 563 SusWrite 601 199% 892 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 48.7 179% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 395 331% 479 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 311%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 472 475 479 483 482 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 486 Mixed 452 SusWrite 477 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61 202% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 136%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 37GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 135 131 124 128 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 447 Write 183 Mixed 234 SusWrite 133 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 37.2 143% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 158 139% 212 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 25.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 20.4 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 109%

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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%	0	49	15	120	24"	1280 720	ACI24A4 VG248

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,456x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	756x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	455x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	655x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	456x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	401x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	194x
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	517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16