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

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	10.8 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 01:05
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$175 142,983 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)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 700 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 950 59% 950 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 119 Parallax 248 124% 173 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 166 120% 143 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$27 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 146 86 78 54 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 506 Write 395 Mixed 422 SusWrite 121 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 92%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$27 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 62GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 412 115 77 77 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 448 Mixed 424 SusWrite 198 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 30.9 138% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 48.6 93% 183 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 730GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 166 166 165 167 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 148 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 164 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 109%
G-tech ArmorATD 5TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4TB free Firmware: 2004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 111 110 111 112 110 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: 41 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 41.6 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.8 254% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.5% 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: 13 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 25.8 Mixed 24.5 SusWrite 23.9 34% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.9 119% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$34 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 31.6 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27.7 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 109%

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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 $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,699x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	425x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	413x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	343x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	319x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	306x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	399x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $34Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	274x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	190x

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Total price: $392

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Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369