MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	245% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '19 at 19:00
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 127,578 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 186 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 815 82% 650 Pts	64-Core 1051 70% 1051 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$500 50,726 User benchmarks, average bench 113% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 463 Reflection 378 Parallax 490 122% 444 fps	MRender 391 Gravity 390 Splatting 240 115% 340 fps
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 120%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$92 12,412 User benchmarks, average bench 237% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1189 843 846 853 853 802 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,912 Write 2,126 Mixed 1,693 SusWrite 897 372% 1,657 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 68.8 237% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1046 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 958 701% 922 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 274%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$59 17,478 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 152GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 387 389 277 353 375 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 436 Mixed 305 SusWrite 366 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.1 176% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 232 208% 314 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$154 27,756 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 33.7 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 28.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 57%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 61%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $120Bench 75%, 268,529 samples	3,059x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 80%, 127,578 samples	986x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $190Bench 88%, 102,718 samples	769x

GPU
RX 580AMD $170Bench 57%, 319,473 samples	1,023x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $289Bench 57%, 731,336 samples	654x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 79%, 743,673 samples	465x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $60Bench 108%, 234,510 samples	400x
A400 240GBKingston $32Bench 64%, 110,581 samples	322x
MX500 500GBCrucial $58Bench 108%, 67,825 samples	246x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 85%, 54,152 samples	688x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,947 samples	655x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $65Bench 87%, 96,495 samples	336x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24