MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% 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 Drive	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 17:54
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 76.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 80% 147 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 892 80% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,291 80% 1,291 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 94.6 Parallax 87.1 84% 94.8 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 81.7 75% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 402 186 219 224 301 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 212 Write 66 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 295 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 8.7 49% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.1 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 98%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 180GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 84 101 107 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 164 Write 175 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 101 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.5% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 109%

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 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 $46Bench 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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Total price: $339

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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