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

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98.7% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 07:16
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 80.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 476 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU) 85,536 User benchmarks, average bench 10% AMD(1002 15DD) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.6 Reflection 15.1 Parallax 20.3 12% 16.7 fps	MRender 14.4 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 12.6 11% 14.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 138 144 146 146 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 471 Mixed 315 SusWrite 168 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 48.2 171% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 172 182% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 108%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 88GB free Firmware: X4130012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 95 95 88 93 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 475 Write 316 Mixed 234 SusWrite 96.3 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 42.6 140% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 185 149% 210 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 36 110% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 29.9 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,435x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	645x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	422x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $388

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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