MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	94.2% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	8.2 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	7 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '21 at 07:59
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 (56^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 641 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% 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 63.6 Reflection 65.3 Parallax 60.1 52% 63 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 59.7 52% 63.8 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	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 113 Parallax 127 101% 122 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 114 Splatting 106 106% 134 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 122 105 91 88 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 424 Mixed 352 SusWrite 108 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 50.5 166% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 350 267% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 14GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 461 Mixed 454 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 54.4 178% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 373 281% 376 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 20GB free Firmware: 401000WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 450 Mixed 364 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 7.9 104% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 69 DQ Mixed 0.4 45% 115 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 114%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 98 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 82 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 96.8 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 61%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 100GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 83 82 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	45% Average	Read 74 Write 66.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 82.5 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% 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 (26^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 36.7 Write 37.5 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 19.1 41% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.6 260% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.1% 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 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.52% Terrible	Read 12 Write 21.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 19.2 25% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 71% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.52% 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)	26.3% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 56.5 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 60.1 72% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.3% 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 (87^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 33 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.4 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 104%

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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 $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	595x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $185Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	207x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	175x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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