MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	238% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 07:24
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3400G-$99 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 670 73% 579 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics 47,368 User benchmarks, average bench 16% MSI(1462 7C52) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 20.5 Reflection 15.3 Parallax 30.9 17% 22.2 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 26 Splatting 15.8 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GMTE220S 256GB 2,678 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B4S8JA SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 256 186 264 269 265 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2704 Write 1,089 Mixed 971 SusWrite 277 276% 1,260 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 87.2 273% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 718 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 251 283% 486 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 279%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 358GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 133 135 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 129 Mixed 67 SusWrite 134 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 4,221 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,099x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	596x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	299x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	330x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $235Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	312x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	306x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	149x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	96x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	238x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	160x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	156x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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