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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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 Drive207% 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.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B86
MotherboardMSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86)  (all builds)
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191107
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 23 '21 at 09:10
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$206
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 78
1-Core 143
2-Core 258
88% 159 Pts
4-Core 499
8-Core 921
85% 710 Pts
64-Core 1342
83% 1342 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 111
Reflection 124
Parallax 188
91% 141 fps
MRender 195
Gravity 151
Splatting 127
126% 158 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 102%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1397 1203 214 255 363 99 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
207% Outstanding
Read 1517
Write 1,625
Mixed 1,127
SusWrite 588
272% 1,214 MB/s
4K Read 58
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 56.7
225% 79.1 MB/s
DQ Read 894
DQ Write 1,013
DQ Mixed 319
416% 742 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 207%
Great: 295%
Seagate M3 Portable 1TB
912GB free
Firmware: 0710
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 121 120 125 127 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 108
Write 116
Mixed 70.1
SusWrite 121
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 65%
SMI USB DISK 32GB
27GB free, PID 0023
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 11 11 9.6 9.8 12 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
7.37% Terrible
Read 26
Write 24.7
Mixed 20.4
SusWrite 11.3
27% 20.6 MB/s
4K Read 4.8
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 7.37%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
76.2% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 22
MC Mixed 30.6
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 21.2
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 27.1
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 84.3
47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 103%

 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%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer

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

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