MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.9% 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	82.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '19 at 17:25
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 78.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 770 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 984 61% 984 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 11.2 105% 49.1 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 95.2 66% 79.9 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4162000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 161 157 157 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 489 Write 280 Mixed 116 SusWrite 153 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 39.9 132% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 220 177% 252 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 247GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 98 99 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 98.5 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 585GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 104 104 105 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 113 Write 93.1 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 104 72% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 163% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 72%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 105 104 105 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 104 Write 67.9 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 103 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 14.2 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	245x
Ryzen 5 2400GAMD $135Bench 63%, 127,344 samples	43x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	37x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	84x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	45x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	23x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	79x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	21x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x

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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