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

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11% 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.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '20 at 19:42
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 2600X-$175 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 714 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 955 59% 955 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% XFX(1682 2990) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11% Very poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 13.4 12% 14.2 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 9.7 9% 11 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Amd-raid ADATA SX7000NP 128GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 537 Write 654 Mixed 463 124% 551 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 28.1 119% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 609 DQ Mixed 62.6 126% 236 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 76%
Amd-raid KINGSTON SA400S3 240GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 223GB free Firmware: SBFK SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 217 339 234 318 261 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38% Below average	Read 225 Write 97.7 Mixed 75 SusWrite 281 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 8.8 37% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 11.9 DQ Write 16.7 DQ Mixed 11.4 9% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 66%
Amd-raid WDC WD5000AADS-0 500GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 417GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 100 101 103 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 69.9 Write 97.8 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 101 56% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 49%
Amd-raid ST2000DM008-2FR1 2TB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 212 214 220 203 220 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 125 Write 141 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 208 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 51% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$33 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 26.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 103%

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH PLUS (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 1,181 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $135Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	417x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $75Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	162x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $175Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	102x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	145x
RTX 2060Nvidia $267Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	105x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	65x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GBBench 78%, 11,560 samples	33x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	30x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	158x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	59x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	30x

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