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

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 11:11
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 75.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 904 84% 703 Pts	64-Core 1,116 69% 1,116 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% PowerColor(148C 2412) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 133 Parallax 242 94% 164 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 122 Splatting 188 144% 176 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 80 63 58 67 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 425 Write 312 Mixed 20 SusWrite 64 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 10.7 39% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 78%
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 176GB free Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1231 840 845 844 844 843 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,026 Write 2,173 Mixed 1,732 SusWrite 908 384% 1,710 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 74 260% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,309 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 1,120 847% 1,143 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 288%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 403GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 67 68 68 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 80.4 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 67.5 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 77%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 537GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 76 74 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 70.6 Write 70.9 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 75.6 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 66 67 67 69 67 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 66.1 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 67.4 47% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 28.9 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 28.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 111%

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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 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,684x
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	338x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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	398x
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