MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 03:51
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 730 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 995 62% 995 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.4 89% 107 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 101 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
As340 120GB 120GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0412A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 278 67 67 67 59 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 502 Write 429 Mixed 212 SusWrite 162 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 11.7 124% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 23.6 82% 173 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 69%
As340 120GB 120GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 105GB free Firmware: R0412A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 440 430 443 438 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 425 Mixed 424 SusWrite 437 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30 151% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 46.2 95% 186 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 218 212 220 220 219 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Mass Storage Device 32GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 4GB free, PID 125d, sandisk Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 21 Write 20.3 Mixed 20.1 SusWrite 20.7 28% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 3 222% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix V-GeN D4H8GL32A8TX 2x8GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 118%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	121x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	19x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	15x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	9x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	7x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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