MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.3% 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	405% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '23 at 22:09
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 5600X-$150 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 84.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 302 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 909 90% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,084 67% 1,084 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% XFX(1682 5705) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 136 Parallax 170 93% 140 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 90.8 89% 111 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 14,020 User benchmarks, average bench 468% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2479 2423 2550 2658 2652 2657 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	405% Outstanding	Read 2,546 Write 2,535 Mixed 2,079 SusWrite 2,570 548% 2,432 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 76.5 276% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,465 DQ Write 1,290 DQ Mixed 1,356 1,023% 1,370 MB/s
Poor: 237% ↑ This bench: 405% Great: 633%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 11GB free Firmware: M3CR022 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 445 Mixed 423 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 51.6 174% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 293 242% 346 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 100GB free Firmware: HP36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 98 98 98 98 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 112 Write 76.9 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 96.9 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 217GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 123 128 128 129 125 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 101 Write 112 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 125 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 220% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 33.2 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 34 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 102%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	245x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	43x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	84x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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