MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	134% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190709
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 16:52
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 793 68% 583 Pts	64-Core 1,113 69% 1,113 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 100 Parallax 92 86% 99 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 93 Splatting 77.9 73% 90.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175 12,594 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 387 421 452 429 433 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 844 Write 931 Mixed 481 SusWrite 434 151% 672 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 44.5 144% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 540 428% 604 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 162%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 134GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 314 311 312 312 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 458 Mixed 401 SusWrite 318 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 54.5 182% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 367 278% 373 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 301GB free Firmware: CV26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 162 Write 155 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 127 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 33 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	205x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	175x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $375

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