MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.6% 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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI B450M PRO-VDH (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 08:23
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (99^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 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 626 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% MSI(1462 7A38) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.7 Reflection 18 Parallax 28.4 17% 22.4 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 23 Splatting 21.3 17% 20.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow mS200 mSATA 120GB-$100 901 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 235 234 237 237 237 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 236 Mixed 266 SusWrite 235 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 44.6 159% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 212 164% 224 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 81%
WD WDS2 40G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 182GB free Firmware: UJ45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 80 138 136 134 134 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.CAGPP.ARW0C 2x8GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 33.2 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 29.8 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

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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 44%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

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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 $46Bench 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: $339

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