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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.8% 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 Drive69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210412
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 18 '22 at 19:42
Run Duration352 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 70
1-Core 138
2-Core 263
84% 157 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 836
80% 662 Pts
64-Core 1,080
67% 1,080 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300
Ram: 6GB, Driver: 21.10.4
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 125
Parallax 158
90% 131 fps
MRender 92.5
Gravity 113
Splatting 83
78% 96.2 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Team T253X2512G 512GB
142GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1022A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 196 27 38 6.8 41 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 456
Write 421
Mixed 359
SusWrite 105
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 23.1
121% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 166
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 32.2
70% 141 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 188 175 182 183 184 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Read 150
Write 194
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 184
109% 150 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.2% Good
MC Read 28
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 25.5
66% 23.1 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 15.3
SC Mixed 22.1
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 101
40% 101 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $386
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