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

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85% 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	73.3% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '20 at 23:35
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 1600AF-$97 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 648 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 911 56% 911 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% MSI(1462 C813) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 153 90% 127 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 108 Splatting 79.4 75% 93.5 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 130 39 109 51 15 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 470 Write 222 Mixed 352 SusWrite 67.8 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 36.4 140% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 21.5 55% 121 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 91%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 405GB free Firmware: S3401103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 438 440 443 447 442 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 440 Mixed 403 SusWrite 443 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 26.7 123% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 84.5 110% 192 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 392GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 129 129 128 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 165 Write 157 Mixed 95 SusWrite 128 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 251% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R019D408GX2-3200C16A 2x8GB 1,773 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 45.1 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 35.9 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 29.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,438x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	751x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	645x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	192x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	515x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $382

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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