MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics84.7% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190306
Uptime1 Days
Run DateSep 17 '19 at 18:59
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU5%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 112
2-Core 202
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 647
60% 501 Pts
64-Core 864
54% 864 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.1
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 87.2
Parallax 146
82% 111 fps
MRender 86.4
Gravity 107
Splatting 125
89% 106 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OACF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 76 62 66 96 117 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
60.9% Good
Read 126
Write 118
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 85.8
63% 87.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB
69GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 28 37 36 33 39 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
41.5% Average
Read 168
Write 78.7
Mixed 83
SusWrite 41
109% 92.8 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.6
152% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 41.5%
Great: 41%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (81st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
94.5% Outstanding
MC Read 39
MC Write 33
MC Mixed 31.7
99% 34.6 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 32.7
SC Mixed 24.8
76% 26.7 GB/s
Latency 77.6
52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) Builds (Compare 1,847 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $339
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