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

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	136% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 18:20
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 730 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 86%

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: 456.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 84.9 81% 92 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 88 Splatting 79.3 73% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3100TNTD 1TB 8,556 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFM00.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 488 487 213 364 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 793 Write 477 Mixed 480 SusWrite 324 115% 518 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 43.9 180% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 864 DQ Write 472 DQ Mixed 588 459% 641 MB/s
Poor: 121% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 250%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 221GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 326 341 338 333 341 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 484 Write 347 Mixed 281 SusWrite 337 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 27.3 105% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 150 123% 182 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 86%
EAGET V9 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 4.6 3.7 4.5 4 4.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.61% Terrible	Read 29.6 Write 20.7 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 3.8 22% 18 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.61% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 24.2 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 110%

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

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,091x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	324x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	309x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	304x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	147x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	94x
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: $471

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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