MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220808
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '23 at 02:12
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$199 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 766 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 1,224 76% 1,224 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 874D) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.9% Above average	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 75.7 63% 77.5 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 61.9 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3172) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 149 Parallax 164 122% 154 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 126 Splatting 113 112% 140 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 826GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 148 146 147 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 119 Write 78.4 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 145 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 47% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 595GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 123 126 143 145 149 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 152 Write 189 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 137 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 127% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 DDR4 3000 TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 32GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 24 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0P 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	4%	27	173	8	144	21.7"	2560 1377	GSM5AB8 LG IPS FULLHD

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	595x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $185Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	207x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	175x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	70x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $369

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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