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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% 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 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.6% 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)
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	56.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210517
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '21 at 00:01
Run Duration	235 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 9 5950X-$416 33,026 User benchmarks, average bench 100% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 72.3 1-Core 160 2-Core 320 97% 184 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 1,189 109% 914 Pts	64-Core 2,735 169% 2,735 Pts
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.7.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 102 61% 82.3 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 80.9 Splatting 53.8 54% 68 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

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% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,691 Write 2494 Mixed 1,853 522% 2,346 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 97.4 328% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,304 DQ Write 1,131 DQ Mixed 1,206 907% 1,214 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 143 151 153 153 151 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 94.1 Write 143 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 148 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 97% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 90%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 64GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 59GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 37.8 Mixed 35.9 SusWrite 38.6 52% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.3 215% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 CMW32GX4M2C3000C15 CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 CMW32GX4M2C3000C15 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 61 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 27.8 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 28 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 96.3 42% 96.3 ns
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 176%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 34: 4R 2G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
34%	18%	79	312	255	30	34.1"	2560 1080	GSM7714 LG HDR WFHD

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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	1,687x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	409x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	340x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	317x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 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	397x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $21Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	273x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $446

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16