MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88% 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 Drive	184% 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.
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 (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '23 at 05:54
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 66 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 78% 146 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 748 73% 601 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 103 Parallax 106 90% 107 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 89.4 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 382 299 248 242 242 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,574 Write 1,544 Mixed 733 SusWrite 368 235% 1,055 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.7 190% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,001 DQ Write 757 DQ Mixed 888 662% 882 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 237%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 239GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 87.8 Write 82.2 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 87.7 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 144 147 146 145 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 145 Write 116 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 144 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.C1GMW.AUC0B 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 59: 0P 5R 6G 16B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
59%	19%	140	189	59	144	23.5"	1280 720	LEN65FD LEN G24-10

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,099x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	596x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	299x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	330x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	312x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	306x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	149x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	96x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	238x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	160x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	156x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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