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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20200617
Uptime19.3 Days
Run DateAug 11 '22 at 06:14
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User LTU-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 83.9
1-Core 140
2-Core 280
91% 168 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 860
80% 669 Pts
64-Core 996
62% 996 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Gigabyte(1458 3723) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 111
Parallax 102
86% 106 fps
MRender 95.4
Gravity 101
Splatting 98.7
81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S20G 500GB
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VC0S0285
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,206
Write 1,572
Mixed 1217
368% 1,665 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 63
219% 82.3 MB/s
DQ Read 964
DQ Write 1,042
DQ Mixed 926
718% 977 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 284%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67
126GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8R0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 128 131 131 131 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
65.2% Good
Read 99.8
Write 140
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 127
70% 97 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.8% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 23.4
MC Mixed 26.5
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 25.4
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 31.7
77% 26.9 GB/s
Latency 73.6
54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 112%

 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 5,268 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

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