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

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	99.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 15:55
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 241 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 878 82% 680 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Vega Frontier Edition-$1,000 1,949 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1440 MHz, MLim: 1020 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 176 92% 123 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 123 Splatting 114 88% 105 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 456 461 464 465 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 468 Mixed 375 SusWrite 459 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 38.6 134% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 301 223% 294 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 173 173 173 170 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 136 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 173 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 117 121 118 124 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 117 Write 126 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 120 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 37 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 30 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 88%

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

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,683x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	337x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	316x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	303x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	144x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	397x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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