MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 21:44
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 75.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 264 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 772 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.5% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 71 66% 74.7 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 67.4 64% 80.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 787 238 90 99 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,336 Write 516 Mixed 152 SusWrite 234 121% 559 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 52.4 176% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 92.1 DQ Mixed 105 149% 293 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 295%
G-drive USB 4TB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: 2602 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 231 242 228 243 229 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 223 Write 230 Mixed 139 SusWrite 236 152% 207 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.7 412% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 132%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 14GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 36 31 28 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 145 Write 56.7 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 38.2 92% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3 210% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.6% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 32.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 110%

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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 87%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,686x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	340x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	316x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	304x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	144x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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