MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	124% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 21:52
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$83 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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 74.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 284 90% 168 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 808 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 1020 63% 1020 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 93 83% 102 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 96.8 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 432 428 374 210 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 484 Mixed 399 SusWrite 345 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62 214% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 76 77 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 87 Write 86.2 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 76 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 51%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 53GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 58 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 60 Write 62.7 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 59.7 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 51%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 1,557 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 109 Write 50.5 Mixed 6.7 54% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 45% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 28.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 26.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 92.1 43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 111%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	205x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	175x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $348

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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