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

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	60.2% 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.

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Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '20 at 18:06
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 207 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 786 74% 612 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2212 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 105% 131 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 124 Splatting 109 91% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 56 46 92 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 409 Write 76 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 58.5 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 33.7 106% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 46.1 DQ Mixed 107 91% 140 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 91%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 221GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 149 138 128 160 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 448 Write 246 Mixed 266 SusWrite 176 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 18.6 75% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 84.1 DQ Mixed 15.4 35% 73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$35 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 164GB free Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1138 1155 947 171 167 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,584 Write 629 Mixed 1,017 SusWrite 624 214% 964 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 43.4 191% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 544 441% 623 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 228%
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 100GB free Firmware: X231600 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 368 399 401 409 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 437 Mixed 228 SusWrite 396 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 31.7 120% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 126 131% 218 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 3,195 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 709GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 38 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 38.8 50% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 124GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 82 83 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 94 Write 93.3 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 82.4 101% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 31 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

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 $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	341x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	319x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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