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

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	222% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190918
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '21 at 11:02
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 745 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%

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: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.7 86% 101 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 82 78% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 763 345 344 235 280 177 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,424 Write 1,480 Mixed 1,351 SusWrite 357 310% 1,403 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 67.9 226% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 957 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 220 304% 569 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 309%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 70GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 91 99 93 87 94 MB/s Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.1% Good	Read 260 Write 121 Mixed 167 SusWrite 90.9 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 38.6 136% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 95 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 102 79% 106 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 75%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 76GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 188 15 22 133 18 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 364 Write 217 Mixed 228 SusWrite 98.2 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 29.2 113% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 124 121% 192 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 680GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 177 178 178 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 174 Mixed 91.4 SusWrite 176 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESBK.M8FE 2x8GB 28,435 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 34.7 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

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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	1,686x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	339x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	316x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	304x

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	398x
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: 80% - Very good

Total price: $448

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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