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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive212% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190918
Uptime7.5 Days
Run DateAug 07 '20 at 06:31
Run Duration157 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 77.8
1-Core 126
2-Core 208
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 612
59% 485 Pts
64-Core 753
47% 753 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
MSI(1462 3812) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.1
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 114
Parallax 207
100% 148 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 121
Splatting 154
108% 129 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
490GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1418 815 621 535 520 523 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
212% Outstanding
Read 1,429
Write 1,650
Mixed 1,263
SusWrite 739
286% 1,270 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 65.8
224% 84.4 MB/s
DQ Read 998
DQ Write 805
DQ Mixed 932
690% 912 MB/s
Poor: 164%
This bench: 212%
Great: 276%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 166 165 165 164 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
19.8% Very poor
Read 185
Write 164
Mixed 79
SusWrite 165
33% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 8.6
4K Mixed 0.7
7% 3.5 MB/s
DQ Read 0.9
DQ Write 11.3
DQ Mixed 1.1
2% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 19.8%
Great: 23%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB
11GB free, PID 0918
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 9.2 11 14 11 13 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
24.1% Poor
Read 116
Write 2.3
Mixed 4.5
SusWrite 11.4
26% 33.4 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
76% 6.87 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 24.1%
Great: 24%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
84.7% Excellent
MC Read 34.8
MC Write 23.4
MC Mixed 33.8
88% 30.7 GB/s
SC Read 22.7
SC Write 23
SC Mixed 30.6
73% 25.4 GB/s
Latency 84.7
47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 110%

 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 5,293 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 64%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 82% - Excellent Total price: $437
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