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

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	304% 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210928
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '21 at 08:43
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3400G-$99 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 69 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 78% 144 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 656 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics 47,368 User benchmarks, average bench 16% AMD(1002 15D8) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.6.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 30.7 18% 22.9 fps	MRender 9.6 Gravity 25.8 Splatting 15.7 14% 17 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 795GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1979 2019 2009 2055 2053 2056 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 1,674 Write 2,009 Mixed 1,807 SusWrite 2,029 426% 1,880 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 71.5 237% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,015 DQ Write 738 DQ Mixed 881 657% 878 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 365%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 355GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 111 108 106 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	64% Good	Read 114 Write 90.8 Mixed 87.3 SusWrite 108 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 110%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$90 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 167 168 168 168 167 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 159 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 166 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 377GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 69 67 64 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 49.2 Write 56.6 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 68 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 58%
COWON iAUDIO 7 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 0750 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.9 5.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.93% Terrible	Read 5.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 4 SusWrite 5 6% 4.25 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.93% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 103%

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,692x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	412x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	342x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	319x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	306x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	112x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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	190x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $397

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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