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

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.6% 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	128% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '20 at 15:59
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3200G-$75 104,122 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 461 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics 115,953 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 7A38) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 21.2 14% 18 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 16.7 Splatting 20.9 13% 15.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 15,006 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 210 209 210 209 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 1,465 Write 706 Mixed 829 SusWrite 242 179% 810 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 26.5 116% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 673 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 531 371% 479 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 199%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 75GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 110 110 111 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 109 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 70%
MXT-USB Storage Device 64GB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 11GB free, PID 8816 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.5 5.6 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	9.45% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 5 SusWrite 5.2 7% 5.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.7 178% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.45% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 1x8GB 7,168 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.7 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 61%

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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	751x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	645x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

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	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $382

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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