MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	96.8% 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	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 (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	15.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 13:39
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 743 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 927 57% 927 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 113 Parallax 94 82% 102 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X600 M.2 2280 SATA 256GB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6114012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 211 215 215 215 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 386 Mixed 231 SusWrite 215 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 44.8 165% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 235 190% 269 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 97%
OCZ Trion 100 960GB-$310 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 593GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 126 128 149 136 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 510 Write 394 Mixed 150 SusWrite 143 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 36.9 129% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 50.1 108% 223 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 89%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 563GB free Firmware: HPD1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 100 99 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 72 Write 98 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 98.9 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.2 397% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 5,589 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 29.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.8 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 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 $49Bench 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 $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $370

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