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

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210517
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '21 at 23:49
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$200 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 75 1-Core 144 2-Core 272 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 699 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 191 Parallax 117 109% 147 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 132 Splatting 118 116% 145 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 313 315 316 311 315 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 329 Mixed 301 SusWrite 313 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38 140% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 217 179% 256 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 902GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 138 139 138 139 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 137 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 69% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 32GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 29.2 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 27.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,690x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	410x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	341x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	319x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	304x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	274x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16