MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	175% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 20:21
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 649 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 101 Parallax 82.6 67% 88.7 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 94.2 73% 88.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1141 9.3 73 103 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,470 Write 1,455 Mixed 1,070 SusWrite 254 237% 1,062 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 68.3 228% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 667 DQ Mixed 268 314% 540 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 295%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 111GB free Firmware: S9FM02.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 123 127 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 451 Write 138 Mixed 206 SusWrite 126 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 19.9 104% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 3.9 32% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 171 172 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 144 Mixed 92 SusWrite 171 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 234% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 182 196 196 194 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 170 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 186 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 28.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 103%

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	592x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 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	129x
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 $184	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) $35	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