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

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220318
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '22 at 17:59
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 73.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 84% 156 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 753 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 933 58% 933 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.02 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 62.9 Parallax 94.3 52% 73.5 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 47 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: APJ13PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 28 29 30 31 31 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 405 Write 422 Mixed 377 SusWrite 75.7 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 35 125% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 185 168% 250 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 197GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 154 155 155 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 104 SusWrite 155 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown D4H8GL26A8TS5 2x8GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 28.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 26.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,454x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	756x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	454x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	654x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	456x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	401x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	194x
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	517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	426x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	305x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $388

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16