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

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220726
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '23 at 17:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 5600X-$120 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 86.7 1-Core 164 2-Core 312 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 900 90% 732 Pts	64-Core 1,046 65% 1,046 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 134 Parallax 87.1 80% 106 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 75.4 70% 86.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,412 Write 954 Mixed 78.7 177% 815 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 40.1 120% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 149 123% 182 MB/s
Poor: 103% Great: 236%
Extemal usb3.0 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 190GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 316 321 331 334 333 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.7% Very good	Read 374 Write 324 Mixed 266 SusWrite 324 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 26.2 89% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 153 131% 192 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 72%
Hitachi HMRSK0002TBAT07K 2TB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 742GB free Firmware: MK7O3P01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 118 119 117 119 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 73 SusWrite 118 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 KHX3000C15D4/8GX CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 35.5 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 31 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 37.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 98%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,460x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	757x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	456x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	658x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	457x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	402x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	194x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	175x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	518x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	428x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $345

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16