MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.3% 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	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 00:46
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 111 2-Core 209 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 692 66% 546 Pts	64-Core 1,060 66% 1,060 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$288 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 109 Parallax 101 97% 110 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 80.6 80% 100 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 30 126 57 40 130 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.7% Poor	Read 237 Write 87.2 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 83.6 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 10.4 44% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 249GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 159 159 162 161 160 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 143 Write 134 Mixed 90.1 SusWrite 160 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 30.6 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%

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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%

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Workstation 41%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	597x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $185Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	207x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	176x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 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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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $369

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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