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

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.7% 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	299% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '21 at 00:26
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3100 50,446 User benchmarks, average bench 75% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 691 65% 537 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Zotac(19DA 288A) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 21.1 Parallax 24.6 20% 23.2 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 19.7 20% 25.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1062 801 798 799 805 812 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,644 Write 2,457 Mixed 1,871 SusWrite 846 437% 1,954 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 92.4 304% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,201 DQ Write 902 DQ Mixed 1,069 794% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 355%
Transcend SSD340 128GB-$88 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 23GB free Firmware: SVN423b SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 161 161 161 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 164 Mixed 207 SusWrite 161 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 40.3 147% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 116 112% 180 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 105GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 93 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 72.9 Write 70.3 Mixed 45.9 SusWrite 92.4 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 601GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 163 166 163 163 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 86.5 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 163 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R022D416GX2-3200C16A 1x16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 20 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 73%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,093x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	595x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	296x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	325x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	310x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	305x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	147x
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	235x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	160x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	156x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $471

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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