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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics79.4% 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 Drive98.5% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A38
MotherboardMSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190723
Uptime3.7 Days
Run DateJul 11 '20 at 09:01
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User NPL-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Memory 84.3
1-Core 142
2-Core 280
92% 169 Pts
4-Core 515
8-Core 830
82% 672 Pts
64-Core 1,020
63% 1,020 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
79.4% Very good
Lighting 103
Reflection 92.7
Parallax 86.8
84% 94.1 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 88
Splatting 74.4
71% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9TN8W256G1001 256GB
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X6105101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 203 194 178 194 208 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
98.5% Outstanding
Read 482
Write 480
Mixed 297
SusWrite 203
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 48.4
175% 63.4 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 234
190% 271 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 98.5%
Great: 99%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB
98GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 83 87 89 89 91 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
39.5% Below average
Read 48.2
Write 75
Mixed 48
SusWrite 88.2
48% 64.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.4
165% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 39.5%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3200 2OZ DDR4 2666 2OZ 16GB
3200, 3200 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
87.4% Excellent
MC Read 34.6
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 34.9
89% 31.2 GB/s
SC Read 25.2
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 33
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 72.9
55% 72.9 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $387
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