MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	83.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190306
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 19:01
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 718 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 140 Parallax 140 116% 141 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 125 Splatting 112 111% 139 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 133 130 129 130 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 494 Write 150 Mixed 210 SusWrite 142 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 36 142% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 180 158% 242 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 128%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 91GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 431 434 449 459 435 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 460 Mixed 455 SusWrite 441 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 52.5 172% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 259 200% 270 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 516GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 124 124 126 126 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 142 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 124 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (83^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 31.6 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.8% 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%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	205x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	175x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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