MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '23 at 13:34
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$81 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 82.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 814 83% 670 Pts	64-Core 1038 64% 1038 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.Q1.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.67% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 33 Parallax 38.9 4% 25.4 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 22.9 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 9.67% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 92 84 93 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 349 Write 117 Mixed 110 SusWrite 90.2 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 21.1 116% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 50.8 78% 155 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 73%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 407GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 85 84 85 86 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 93.3 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 84.2 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$35 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 35 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 35.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 109%

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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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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B86)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	3,030x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	810x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	730x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $273Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	573x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	540x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	429x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	256x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	206x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	198x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	851x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	385x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	290x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16