MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.8% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180921
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 18:36
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 77.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 732 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 110 Parallax 232 108% 158 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 125 Splatting 147 106% 126 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900812 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 219 101 52 79 53 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 430 Write 255 Mixed 287 SusWrite 111 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 39.2 150% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 219 189% 279 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 91%
Seagate ST31000424CS 1TB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: CA13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 108 108 108 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 99 Mixed 56 SusWrite 107 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 574GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 182 179 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 149 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 180 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C16K4 2x8GB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 26.5 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 102%

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

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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 $155Bench 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 $54Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $377

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 $178	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