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

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	137% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 15:49
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 66.5 1-Core 96 2-Core 191 66% 118 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 657 61% 509 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 2,864 User benchmarks, average bench 17% XFX(1682 9550) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.6 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 24.2 16% 24.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 18.3 Splatting 31.3 22% 26 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 290 287 290 291 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 988 Write 297 Mixed 342 SusWrite 290 105% 479 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 36.5 173% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 986 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 412 365% 568 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 147%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 410GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 483 482 482 416 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 483 Mixed 459 SusWrite 436 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57.2 193% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 490GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 156 157 164 172 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 40.4 Write 123 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 161 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 110%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 636GB free Firmware: 1AA01117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 112 110 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 109 Write 126 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 111 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 28 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 22.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 119%

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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 $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 $295	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