MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.1% 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	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190830
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 22:42
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 75.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 86% 160 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 773 75% 618 Pts	64-Core 1,228 76% 1,228 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2501 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 127 Parallax 137 105% 131 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 126 Splatting 87.5 82% 101 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 15 66 83 88 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 381 Write 173 Mixed 321 SusWrite 46.6 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 34.5 129% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 33.1 62% 126 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 100%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 113GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 92 Write 97 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 69.9 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 63%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 238GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 70 70 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 50.5 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 70.7 38% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 32.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 24.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 105%

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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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Typical B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 555 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

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