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

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94% 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	214% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '21 at 22:54
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 674 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 896 56% 896 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.6.2 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 139 Parallax 180 96% 146 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 92 89% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 865 582 530 557 553 548 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 2,138 Mixed 1,745 SusWrite 606 364% 1,622 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.9 214% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 545 DQ Mixed 759 549% 717 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 297%
WDC WDS250G2B0A 250GB 4,642 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 232GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 202 204 204 207 203 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 419 Mixed 339 SusWrite 220 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 46.4 162% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 240 197% 284 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 105%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 817GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 469 465 468 432 410 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 460 Mixed 407 SusWrite 451 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 49.4 163% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 292 241% 346 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 22,404 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 26.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 26: 5R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
26%	15%	41	309	242	144	23.8"	1920 1080	PNS0279 Pixio PX248P

History: Score 19: 3R 0G 4B | Score 26: 5R 0G 1B

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Gaming 64%

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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