MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190722
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 11:21
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3600-$88 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 83.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 288 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 863 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 107 62% 87.4 fps	MRender 76.5 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 64.1 58% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1031 742 743 745 731 746 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,218 Write 1,357 Mixed 1,116 SusWrite 790 252% 1,120 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 75.2 267% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 1,075 DQ Mixed 1,072 808% 1,078 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 228%
Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB-$91 6,085 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 231GB free Firmware: GJ002F SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 61 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 68.1 41% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSE.8FB 4x4GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 37.3 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 35.6 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,691x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	410x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	341x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	319x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	304x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	111x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	274x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16