MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.6% 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	69.6% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190917
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '20 at 18:48
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 85.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 932 93% 760 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 82.6 78% 88.5 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 80 Splatting 75.8 73% 92.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 92 8.7 81 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 410 Write 363 Mixed 302 SusWrite 74.9 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 26.3 127% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 139 136% 209 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 578GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 98 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 63 SusWrite 99.2 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB 28,435 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 34 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 32.9 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 86%

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Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	595x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	325x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	310x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	305x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	147x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	96x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	235x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	160x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	156x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $471

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