MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 08:19
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 174 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 611 58% 481 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 37.4 31% 35.5 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 35.5 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 7,649 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT04L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 281 284 290 289 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 283 Mixed 242 SusWrite 280 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 36 134% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 247 209% 307 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 891GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 158 167 161 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 171 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 161 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C17 1x8GB 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 11.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 47%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	245x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	43x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	84x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $39Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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Total price: $341

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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