MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	75.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '19 at 17:41
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core 9 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 654 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 97%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Zotac(19DA 2438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 58.9 53% 63.4 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 68.2 56% 68.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 56%
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 123 Parallax 127 103% 126 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 114 Splatting 105 105% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 121 92 92 91 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 377 Write 337 Mixed 350 SusWrite 140 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 36 119% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 264 219% 315 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 11GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 495 Write 475 Mixed 452 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 55.4 189% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 372 280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 334GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 430 427 429 426 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 457 Mixed 385 SusWrite 427 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 43.4 154% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 253 202% 282 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 97 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 99.4 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 61%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 91GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 59.7 Write 61.8 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 79.9 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 62%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 370GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 17.4 35% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 80%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 7GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 17 17 18 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.72% Terrible	Read 14 Write 21 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 17.5 24% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.72% Great: 20%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 13GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 56 56 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 55.7 105% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 33.3 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 26.1 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 104%

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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 $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	594x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $189Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	206x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	175x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $369

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16