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

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 09 '21 at 01:58
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 78.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 274 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 775 82% 657 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% XFX(1682 5501) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.8% Average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 95.3 53% 74.6 fps	MRender 52.1 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 37.5 41% 52.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 470 472 420 103 363 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 471 Mixed 418 SusWrite 381 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.5 182% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 283 236% 339 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 163 161 162 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 181 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 161 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 37,374 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 35.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 32.3 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 107%

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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 $274Bench 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 $295	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