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

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 16:02
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$85 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 786 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 830 51% 830 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 80 76% 86.3 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 74 72% 89.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$66 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 468 473 476 476 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 472 Mixed 430 SusWrite 468 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.3 188% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 272 231% 338 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 127%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 535GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 13 12 29 27 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 13.7 Write 34.1 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 22 13% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 14% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R019D408GX2-3200C16A 2x8GB 1,773 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 34.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 33 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 112%

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,434x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $159Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	647x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	400x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	192x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	515x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	422x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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