MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 09:56
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 1700X Eight-Core 9 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 642 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 97%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Zotac(19DA 2438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.8% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 60.8 52% 63.3 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 59.7 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 56%
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 113 Parallax 127 102% 122 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 113 Splatting 106 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 130 119 87 87 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 475 Write 139 Mixed 216 SusWrite 108 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 36.7 134% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 252 196% 274 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$36 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 14GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 463 Mixed 458 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 54.7 181% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 22GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 15 51 19 6.8 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 266 Write 324 Mixed 108 SusWrite 51.2 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 15.6 103% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 96.4 107% 186 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 97 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 85.5 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 96.8 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 61%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 100GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 83 84 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 74.7 Write 70.7 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 82.8 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 315GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 31.7 Write 36.8 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 19.2 39% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.6 264% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 80%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 7GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 19 19 19 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.71% Terrible	Read 13 Write 21.5 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 19.5 26% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.71% Great: 20%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 4GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 68 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 53.7 Write 56.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 60.1 72% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (90^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	100% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 33.4 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 28.5 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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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 $145Bench 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 $287Bench 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: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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