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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics88.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive265% 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.
SystemMicro-Star US Desktop
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20210928
Uptime20.1 Days
Run DateOct 07 '22 at 00:40
Run Duration190 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 76
1-Core 140
2-Core 271
88% 163 Pts
4-Core 498
8-Core 850
82% 674 Pts
64-Core 1,019
63% 1,019 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 472.28
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
88.7% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 107
Parallax 108
91% 109 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 98.5
Splatting 91.4
85% 105 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFM001TD3JX013N 1TB
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 41000C20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 738 645 597 580 561 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
265% Outstanding
Read 2,350
Write 2,423
Mixed 1,864
SusWrite 666
409% 1,826 MB/s
4K Read 63
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 83.2
274% 94 MB/s
DQ Read 1236
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 969
734% 998 MB/s
Poor: 158%
This bench: 265%
Great: 338%
Adata SU720 1TB
914GB free
Firmware: S190429a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 466 469 469 468 467 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Read 464
Write 474
Mixed 352
SusWrite 468
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 68.3
4K Mixed 33.4
134% 45.9 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 322
215% 260 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 98%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.2% Very good
MC Read 31.1
MC Write 19.4
MC Mixed 30.5
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 21.3
SC Write 18.9
SC Mixed 28.8
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 88.2
45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 75.2%
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 5,270 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)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $436
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