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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '21 at 11:53
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 74.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 90% 170 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 788 86% 680 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 91%

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: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 102 Parallax 93.3 84% 99.6 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 80.3 74% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 512 Write 444 Mixed 432 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 1.2 63% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 32.6 DQ Mixed 47.3 58% 108 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 167GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 168 169 166 170 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 179 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 169 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP CT4G4DFS824A.C8FHP 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 29.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 26.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 91%

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 7,743 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

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	2,440x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	753x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	454x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	646x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	450x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	193x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	516x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $386

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $508	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16