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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.2% 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 Drive32.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200418
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJun 10 '21 at 06:23
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Memory 70.5
1-Core 146
2-Core 285
89% 167 Pts
4-Core 509
8-Core 807
81% 658 Pts
64-Core 1,015
63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
88.2% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 162
Parallax 103
90% 126 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 94.7
Splatting 88.2
84% 105 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Team T253X2512G 512GB
149GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1127B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 38 2.6 35 37 61 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
32.4% Below average
Read 375
Write 56.8
Mixed 14.9
SusWrite 40.4
26% 122 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 9
4K Mixed 0.5
44% 11.7 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 2.4
DQ Mixed 0.2
18% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 32.4%
Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
301GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 126 129 121 151 150 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
89% Excellent
Read 173
Write 156
Mixed 80.4
SusWrite 137
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.4% Good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 27.4
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 20
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 26.2
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 100
40% 100 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) Builds (Compare 5,270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Excellent Total price: $442
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