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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics13% 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 Drive233% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210203
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 11 '21 at 11:33
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G-$75
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Memory 78.5
1-Core 103
2-Core 233
76% 138 Pts
4-Core 476
8-Core 477
64% 476 Pts
64-Core 475
29% 475 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
AMD(1002 15D8) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.45.20
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
13% Very poor
Lighting 16.4
Reflection 16.2
Parallax 22.5
13% 18.4 fps
MRender 14.3
Gravity 17.1
Splatting 14.2
12% 15.2 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 13%
Great: 13%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 248 235 234 234 234 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
233% Outstanding
Read 2,566
Write 1,161
Mixed 1256
SusWrite 255
288% 1,309 MB/s
4K Read 61.5
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 77.9
264% 91 MB/s
DQ Read 808
DQ Write 676
DQ Mixed 447
415% 644 MB/s
Poor: 139%
This bench: 233%
Great: 271%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 206 209 208 210 210 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
99% Outstanding
Read 138
Write 95
Mixed 81
SusWrite 206
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 3.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
160% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 99%
Great: 106%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 127 124 120 119 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
60.6% Good
Read 87.7
Write 116
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 123
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3066 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 37.2
MC Write 38
MC Mixed 35
105% 36.7 GB/s
SC Read 25.9
SC Write 41.8
SC Mixed 28.6
92% 32.1 GB/s
Latency 83.4
48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 102%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 7,728 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 87% - Excellent Total price: $388
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