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

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '22 at 00:23
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 76.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 876 85% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,097 68% 1,097 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 130 Parallax 128 117% 134 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.2 93% 116 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 931GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 442 459 456 473 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 464 Mixed 424 SusWrite 455 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.3 169% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 274% 368 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
APS-SL3N-240 240GB 1,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 140 84 44 64 64 MB/s Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.6% Good	Read 98.2 Write 222 Mixed 165 SusWrite 91.5 33% 144 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 32.9 139% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 162 146% 219 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 92%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 59GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,588 Write 1,686 Mixed 1,293 340% 1,522 MB/s	4K Read 53.8 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 81.4 290% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,260 DQ Write 976 DQ Mixed 999 780% 1,078 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 210 212 211 211 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 172 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 208 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8266.C8FN CT8G4DFS8266.C8FJ CT8G4DFS8266.C8FP CT8G4DFS8266.C8FJ 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 32 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 32.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

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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	1,683x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	337x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	397x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $441

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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