MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics122% 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 Drive228% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181106
Uptime3.3 Days
Run DateDec 14 '20 at 17:06
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd 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 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 81.6
1-Core 120
2-Core 238
82% 147 Pts
4-Core 467
8-Core 739
74% 603 Pts
64-Core 984
61% 984 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3883 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 158
Parallax 173
130% 163 fps
MRender 199
Gravity 138
Splatting 123
122% 154 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 122%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$114
591GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1869 1003 1001 625 839 1010 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
228% Outstanding
Read 1,393
Write 2,278
Mixed 1,580
SusWrite 1,058
357% 1,577 MB/s
4K Read 43.3
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 68.2
219% 78.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,002
DQ Write 752
DQ Mixed 913
673% 889 MB/s
Poor: 126%
This bench: 228%
Great: 306%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24
450GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 96 98 97 97 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
55.1% Above average
Read 95.5
Write 84.5
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 96.6
59% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 55.1%
Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109
408GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 103 104 102 102 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
61.1% Good
Read 111
Write 104
Mixed 99.6
SusWrite 102
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 61.1%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 41.5
MC Write 38.4
MC Mixed 32.7
107% 37.5 GB/s
SC Read 26.7
SC Write 35.4
SC Mixed 27.7
86% 29.9 GB/s
Latency 77.6
52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 103%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) Builds (Compare 1,848 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $377
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