MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	288% 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	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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '21 at 23:17
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 308 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 1065 100% 829 Pts	64-Core 1,435 89% 1,435 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 126 Parallax 110 92% 116 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 93.3 87% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1306 424 394 395 398 398 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,596 Write 2,262 Mixed 1,552 SusWrite 553 388% 1,741 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 96.1 326% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 1,186 DQ Mixed 1169 861% 1,122 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 465GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 486 494 492 413 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 490 Mixed 451 SusWrite 445 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 50.2 181% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 698GB free Firmware: AX0A3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 54.1 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 62.8 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 24,428 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 35.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 28.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 38.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 119%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,683x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	337x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	316x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	303x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	144x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	397x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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