MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181023
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 09:22
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	REU-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 752 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 67.1 63% 73.8 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 73.8 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
AMD T00 StoreMI 998GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 886GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 53 76 61 44 45 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 198 Write 190 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 53.9 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 885GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 51 42 44 43 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 197 Write 115 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 45 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GB 32,519 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH V2 (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	121x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	19x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	15x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	26x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	20x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	11x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	9x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	7x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $341

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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