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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94% 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 Drive208% 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 28 '23 at 22:45
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th 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 below expectations (30th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 75.4
1-Core 131
2-Core 241
82% 149 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 842
77% 646 Pts
64-Core 1,014
63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 134
Parallax 121
96% 124 fps
MRender 89.7
Gravity 126
Splatting 114
91% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 94%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 1TB
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SS0411B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1130 783 273 873 568 338 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
208% Outstanding
Read 1,974
Write 994
Mixed 906
SusWrite 661
251% 1,134 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 49.2
183% 74 MB/s
DQ Read 569
DQ Write 910
DQ Mixed 574
481% 684 MB/s
Poor: 185%
This bench: 208%
Great: 373%
Verbatim Vi500 S3 480GB SSD
73GB free
Firmware: V4.7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 272 262 265 264 263 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
78.5% Very good
Read 441
Write 276
Mixed 252
SusWrite 286
70% 314 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 82.8
4K Mixed 21.7
116% 44.5 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 231
DQ Mixed 37.7
76% 152 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 92%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82
217GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 118 108 75 97 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
63.2% Good
Read 114
Write 95.5
Mixed 61.8
SusWrite 106
69% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.5% Very good
MC Read 31.1
MC Write 18.1
MC Mixed 28.7
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 22
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 27.1
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 89.6
45% 89.6 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 111%

 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 5,271 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
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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