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

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	187% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '21 at 16:58
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 PRO 3400G Vega Graphics 3,488 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 199 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 630 61% 504 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 15D8) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.30.23.01 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 32.3 19% 24.4 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 26.3 Splatting 16 15% 18.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$99 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 497GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1618 1285 92 85 91 617 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,123 Write 1,689 Mixed 1,230 SusWrite 631 264% 1,168 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 68.3 237% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 708 DQ Write 638 DQ Mixed 867 597% 738 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 299%
Seagate BarraCuda Q1 SSD ZA240CV10001 240GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 56GB free Firmware: STWSH012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 415 412 25 22 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 347 Write 372 Mixed 317 SusWrite 217 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 35.7 135% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 131 119% 176 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 91%
980plus 2.5" SATA3-1TB SSD 1TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 833GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 431 427 430 427 434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 434 Mixed 387 SusWrite 429 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 28.1 129% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 42.8 85% 163 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 64GB 2,475 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 57GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 54 24 24 23 24 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 125 Write 62.1 Mixed 67.4 SusWrite 35.3 87% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.7 161% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 97%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,480x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	765x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	460x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	668x
RTX 2060Nvidia $269Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	462x
RTX 3060Nvidia $226Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	401x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	197x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	175x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	519x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	432x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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