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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 16 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '22 at 00:54
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 2600-$145 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 206 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 647 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 89.4 Parallax 83.9 76% 88.7 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 73.5 71% 89.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SABRENT 1TB 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1690 932 898 925 903 716 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 33GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 61 62 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 33.2 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 62 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 106%

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 60%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,693x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	412x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	342x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	319x
RTX 2060Nvidia $287Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	306x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	146x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	112x

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	274x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	190x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $402

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16