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

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190918
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '20 at 00:49
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2600X-$185 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 698 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 116 Parallax 231 116% 163 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 162 116% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 52 80 5.2 57 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 492 Write 437 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 115 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.3 40% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 92%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 62GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 166 115 41 76 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 505 Write 428 Mixed 414 SusWrite 151 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 30.9 141% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 49.3 93% 183 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 730GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 166 165 164 167 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 146 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 163 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 109%
G-tech ArmorATD 5TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4TB free Firmware: 2004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 109 111 112 110 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 70%
G-tech ArmorATD 1TB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 778GB free Firmware: 1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 40 41 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 39 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 41.4 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.8 221% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 85%
Generic USB2.0-CRW-Combo 128GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 49GB free, PID 0150 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 23 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 26 Write 25.8 Mixed 19 SusWrite 23.8 32% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.9 96% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 31.6 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 28 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 64%

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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 $150Bench 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 $39Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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