MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94.7% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B89
MotherboardMSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)  (all builds)
Memory20 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200421
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 29 '20 at 10:47
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU 27%
Watch Gameplay: 2060 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
73.8% Very good
Memory 77
1-Core 114
2-Core 223
77% 138 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 668
63% 524 Pts
64-Core 899
56% 899 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Asus(1043 8797) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
94.7% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 120
Parallax 111
100% 118 fps
MRender 139
Gravity 97
Splatting 84.8
85% 107 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 94.7%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS1OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 34 13 38 43 97 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
13% Very poor
Read 4.7
Write 11.7
Mixed 5
SusWrite 40.7
11% 15.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
23% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 13%
Great: 103%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
683GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8R0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 148 156 184 183 183 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
98.4% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 176
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 168
97% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX3200C16D4/16GX KHX2400C15/8G 24GB
2400, 2400 MHz
16384, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
MC Read 32.3
MC Write 30.4
MC Mixed 28.2
87% 30.3 GB/s
SC Read 23.7
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 25.8
77% 27 GB/s
Latency 86.3
46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 91%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89) Builds (Compare 5,198 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $404
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