MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	147% 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.

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 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201126
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '22 at 19:24
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 730 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 6339) 2GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 18 14% 17.8 fps	MRender 14.7 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 16.6 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1025 101 102 522 32 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1059 Write 1,058 Mixed 954 SusWrite 303 189% 844 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60.8 208% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 570 DQ Mixed 508 376% 489 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 253%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 931GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 439 445 443 441 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 450 Mixed 413 SusWrite 443 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 24.1 119% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 38 93% 188 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 100%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 466GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 81 83 83 157 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 167 Write 87 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 94.6 72% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 104%
Fujitsu MHY2060BH 60GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 56GB free Firmware: 0093000B SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 47 46 46 47 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	27% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 48.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 46.3 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 33.2 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.2 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.4 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	3,019x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	807x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $199Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	724x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	573x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	536x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	426x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	256x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	205x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	197x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	847x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	384x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	289x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $494

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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