MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.6% 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 Drive62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180626
Uptime8.8 Days
Run DateNov 13 '19 at 22:13
Run Duration170 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 80.6
1-Core 122
2-Core 250
83% 151 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 794
78% 641 Pts
64-Core 993
62% 993 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.6% Very good
Lighting 93.7
Reflection 108
Parallax 89
76% 97 fps
MRender 94
Gravity 90.3
Splatting 97.2
77% 93.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFKB1D1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 185 16 32 127 15 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
62.6% Good
Read 387
Write 210
Mixed 214
SusWrite 93.5
50% 226 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 75.6
4K Mixed 26.5
108% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 217
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 118
108% 167 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 100%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113
187GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 403 403 401 403 380 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 475
Write 451
Mixed 337
SusWrite 393
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 98.1
4K Mixed 42.9
159% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 308
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 263
207% 286 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 105%
Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
715GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 186 187 180 186 186 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 178
Mixed 81.8
SusWrite 184
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 105%
Great: 113%
Verbatim ClickUSB 32GB
11GB free, PID 025e
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 11 13 14 14 14 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
8.92% Terrible
Read 34.2
Write 26
Mixed 7
SusWrite 12.2
24% 19.8 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 8.92%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2Z2933C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
MC Read 37.9
MC Write 35.8
MC Mixed 31
100% 34.9 GB/s
SC Read 23.7
SC Write 34.7
SC Mixed 26.8
81% 28.4 GB/s
Latency 79.5
50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 102%

 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 1,848 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: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $377
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