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

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.8% 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	88.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	44.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '21 at 23:34
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 80.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 802 79% 648 Pts	64-Core 996 62% 996 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 132 Parallax 119 96% 123 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 125 Splatting 113 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 282 293 296 291 292 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 504 Write 318 Mixed 271 SusWrite 292 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 37.4 128% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 210 164% 235 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 128%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 40GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 103 104 100 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 92.2 Mixed 63 SusWrite 103 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 70%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 358GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 119 122 117 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 121 Write 113 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 118 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 82%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 124 132 130 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 90.4 Write 121 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 127 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.7 172% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 83GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 92 98 93 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 83.3 Write 118 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 93.6 68% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 90%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 2,589 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 13 13 12 12 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.16% Terrible	Read 27.7 Write 12 Mixed 10.4 SusWrite 12.4 18% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.16% Great: 8%
SanDisk Ultra 248GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 78GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 7.5 18 17 11 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 17.7 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 14 28% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.6 106% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 34 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 32 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 110%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,683x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	423x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	337x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	396x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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