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

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.5% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	48.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210927
Uptime	17.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '23 at 08:13
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X-$495 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 74.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 283 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 1,127 99% 844 Pts	64-Core 2,785 172% 2,785 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 144 Parallax 190 103% 154 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 145 Splatting 97.1 97% 121 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 264 245 241 232 232 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 445 Write 287 Mixed 272 SusWrite 259 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 37.1 130% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 263 214% 307 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 133%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: M0MU031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 431 428 426 425 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 270 Write 467 Mixed 355 SusWrite 436 87% 382 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 34.5 128% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 299 213% 265 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 101%
Pcie SSD 2TB 13,829 User benchmarks, average bench 350% 2TB free Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2323 2141 2358 2123 2195 2262 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 1,125 Write 2,141 Mixed 1329 SusWrite 2,234 389% 1,707 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 69.1 225% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,160 DQ Write 1,033 DQ Mixed 1087 818% 1,094 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 556%
Toshiba HDWR11A 10TB 812 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 8.5TB free Firmware: 0603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 206 208 203 197 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 212 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 208 126% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL16G26C16U4R.16FE 4x16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.5% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 28.3 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 26.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 94%

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

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

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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 $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	454x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	646x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	450x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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: $387

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16