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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200420
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 00:30
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150 15,293 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 309 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 760 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 0448) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 61.4 40% 47.5 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 49.2 Splatting 40.1 33% 40 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 534GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01114 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 80 102 87 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 105 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 76 58% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.6 146% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 60%
WD WD30EURX 3TB-$144 1,455 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 148 149 150 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 148 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 14,156 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%

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

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 73%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	324x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	309x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	305x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	147x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	94x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	235x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	160x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	155x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $471

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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