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

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.5% 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	148% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210514
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '23 at 13:37
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^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 5600G-$128 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 53.7 1-Core 162 2-Core 306 89% 174 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 894 84% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,055 65% 1,055 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU) 140,621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 1636) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 23.3.1 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 12.8 Reflection 7.2 Parallax 17.6 10% 12.5 fps	MRender 5.4 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 20 14% 15.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MSI M390 500GB 4,955 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EHFM31.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 473 398 516 378 598 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 897 Write 581 Mixed 444 SusWrite 480 134% 601 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 40.4 192% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Write 571 DQ Mixed 477 382% 535 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 321%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 1x8GB 5,242 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 7.6 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 7.7 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,438x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	753x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	453x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	646x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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