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

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	280% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '20 at 13:37
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 260 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 883 82% 683 Pts	64-Core 1,462 90% 1,462 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1635 MHz, MLim: 925 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 180 95% 130 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 121 Splatting 132 96% 115 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 661GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2715 2487 1047 1031 1030 1030 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 1,736 Write 2620 Mixed 1,909 SusWrite 1,557 443% 1,955 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 82.2 278% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 89.1 215% 459 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 298%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 183GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 106 106 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 71 SusWrite 104 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 735GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 171 173 170 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 158 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 171 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion+ 4TB 2,051 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 114 116 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 89 Write 86 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 116 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESB.M16FE 2x16GB 9,626 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 43.7 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 29.7 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 42.5 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 132%

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Typical B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) Builds (Compare 5,287 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 64%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 60%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,688x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	410x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	340x
RTX 3060Nvidia $254Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	318x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	304x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	145x
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	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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $443

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16