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

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.7% 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 Drive	118% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 19:25
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 825 88% 700 Pts	64-Core 1063 66% 1063 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 94.1 Parallax 83.5 84% 93.5 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 86.1 Splatting 84.2 69% 83.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK1T0TDL 1TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 922GB free (System drive) Firmware: M5MU030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 490 492 493 493 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 492 Mixed 402 SusWrite 491 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.7 177% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 365 274% 365 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 116GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 245 68 85 92 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 474 Write 370 Mixed 337 SusWrite 136 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 23.7 109% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 195 175% 262 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 237GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 141 140 141 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 164 Write 156 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 139 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 113%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 212GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 37 Write 38 Mixed 27 SusWrite 39.5 48% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 5,706 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 47 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 44.8 115% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 43.2 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

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Typical B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) Builds (Compare 7,729 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,436x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	750x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	452x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	645x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	449x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	192x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	174x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	135x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	515x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $383

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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