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

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	128% 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	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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 09:05
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 85.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 291 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 842 83% 677 Pts	64-Core 1,055 65% 1,055 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3520 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 121 Parallax 139 103% 129 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 114 Splatting 102 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 452 476 482 433 355 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 480 Mixed 437 SusWrite 443 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65.3 218% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 292 218% 289 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 126%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 95GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 47 101 119 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 460 Write 348 Mixed 292 SusWrite 131 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 19.8 84% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 82.5 DQ Mixed 42.1 47% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 134GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 112 108 108 108 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 112 Write 98.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 108 62% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x8GB 18,355 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 35.4 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 34.1 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 112%

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

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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	1,686x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	409x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	340x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	316x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	304x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	398x
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: $438

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16