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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive269% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20210517
Uptime17.2 Days
Run DateJun 05 '22 at 14:41
Run Duration275 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 41%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 81
1-Core 131
2-Core 253
85% 155 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 753
76% 614 Pts
64-Core 970
60% 970 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$274
Nvidia(10DE 2507) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77
Performing below potential (46th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73.9% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 81.3
Parallax 87.9
82% 90 fps
MRender 83.7
Gravity 70.4
Splatting 62.4
58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 69%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 79%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$97
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1145 685 532 516 462 360 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
269% Outstanding
Read 2,690
Write 1,793
Mixed 1,630
SusWrite 616
374% 1,682 MB/s
4K Read 64.1
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 77.5
270% 93.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1063
DQ Write 727
DQ Mixed 625
540% 805 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 269%
Great: 372%
TOSHIBA USB FLASH DRIVE 32GB
29GB free, PID 6545
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.1 4.4 4.8 7.2 7.2 6.9 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
5.48% Terrible
Read 23.2
Write 27.2
Mixed 0.2
SusWrite 5.9
17% 14.1 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.48%
Great: 22%
Flash USB Disk 8.5TB
7.5TB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 31 30 30 28 28 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
62.8% Good
Read 37.1
Write 33.4
Mixed 34.5
SusWrite 29.1
45% 33.5 MB/s
4K Read 16
4K Write 15.4
4K Mixed 16.6
1,148% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 17.8
DQ Write 17.5
DQ Mixed 18
1,274% 17.8 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 62.8%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
MC Read 35.6
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 35.1
90% 31.5 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 26.8
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 78.7
51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) Builds (Compare 5,270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

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