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

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.3% 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	272% 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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '20 at 16:56
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$190 635,419 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 (78^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 253 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 852 82% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,436 89% 1,436 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.6% 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: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 164 95% 125 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 121 Splatting 132 96% 115 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 627GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2732 2723 1045 1055 1053 1055 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 1,636 Write 2,636 Mixed 1,901 SusWrite 1,611 441% 1,946 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 82.8 279% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 442 DQ Mixed 138 193% 356 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 298%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 181GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 104 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	60% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 71 SusWrite 104 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.3 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 735GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 171 173 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 154 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 172 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion+ 4TB 2,051 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 115 117 120 123 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 73 SusWrite 116 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 63.4% 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 42.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 43 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 29.1 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 43.6 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 132%

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Typical B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) Builds (Compare 5,316 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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,693x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	412x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	342x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	319x
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	306x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	112x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	274x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	190x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $397

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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