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

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	241% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191029
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '21 at 21:26
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 1600AF-$120 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 702 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 915 57% 915 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F0) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2200 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 86.9 55% 73.2 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 67 Splatting 47.6 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC2000M8250G 250GB 2,360 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: S2783101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1086 686 412 357 357 358 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,552 Write 1,203 Mixed 1,244 SusWrite 543 306% 1,386 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 72.4 242% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 686 DQ Mixed 448 403% 610 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 276%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 482GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 186GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 333 253 176 209 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 409 Mixed 359 SusWrite 249 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 38.3 145% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 216 188% 277 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$26 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 166GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 89 87 87 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 82.2 Write 105 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 87.9 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 48.6 MC Write 45.9 MC Mixed 39.3 127% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 33.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 111%

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

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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 $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,469x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	763x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	459x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	664x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	461x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	401x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	196x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	431x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $337

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