MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	209% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 14:31
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 206 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 650 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 141 Parallax 122 104% 130 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv256g KIOXIA 256GB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 169% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGHA4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1460 383 368 389 413 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,936 Write 1,372 Mixed 1,268 SusWrite 568 286% 1,286 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 59.2 203% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 880 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 762 573% 770 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 239%
Amd-raid CT500BX10 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 108GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 401 278 287 210 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 483 Write 402 Mixed 335 SusWrite 312 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 51.7 4K Mixed 22.4 83% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 123 115% 172 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%
Amd-raid Array 2 2TB 442 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 339GB free Firmware: 9.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 899 847 784 773 787 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 573 Write 965 Mixed 411 SusWrite 802 156% 688 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 22 95% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 89.4 DQ Write 673 DQ Mixed 72 147% 278 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 429%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 31.6 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 27.4 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 95%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	595x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	324x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	310x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	305x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	147x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	95x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	235x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	160x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	155x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $473

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16