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

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77% 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	23% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '24 at 01:00
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 1600AF-$112 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 211 69% 125 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 612 59% 487 Pts	64-Core 831 52% 831 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2066) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 88.3 Reflection 126 Parallax 106 72% 107 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 92 87% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03150010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 65 4.3 53 56 4.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 451 Write 269 Mixed 129 SusWrite 40 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 3.3 7% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 100%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 66GB free Firmware: M6CR054 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 75 107 11 100 7.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 92%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 227GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 70.6 Write 74.9 Mixed 49.9 SusWrite 73.3 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 575 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 26.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	31.5"	1280 720	ACR078C XV322QU P

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 60%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,687x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	409x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	340x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	317x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	304x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	144x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	117x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	110x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	273x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $442

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16