MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.2% 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	82.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 14:47
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	62%

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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 2500X 2,214 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 91 2-Core 220 72% 130 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 561 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 84.1 80% 90.9 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 76.6 72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 81%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X11c55 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 354 363 392 389 388 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 340 Write 252 Mixed 335 SusWrite 374 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 34 119% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 194 147% 195 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 31.1 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	597x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $175Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	207x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	177x
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	110x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	77x

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Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	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