MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Micro-Star MS-7B89
Motherboard	MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 09:25
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 80 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 841 87% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1349) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3838 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.9% Very good	Lighting 91.8 Reflection 122 Parallax 86.6 75% 100 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 69.1 69% 87.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 435 444 449 380 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 450 Mixed 410 SusWrite 424 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 49.8 170% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 308 249% 352 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 38.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 38 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 101%

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

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Typical B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89) Builds (Compare 5,192 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

Motherboard: MSI B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,677x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	426x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	376x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	323x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	274x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	235x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	100x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	99x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	95x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	221x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	175x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $408

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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