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

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200617
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '21 at 02:09
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 67.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 75% 139 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 696 70% 566 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 116 Parallax 125 111% 126 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 105 Splatting 90.5 90% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GB 6,246 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11170101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,702 Write 1,980 Mixed 1,515 388% 1,732 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 62.9 208% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 918 DQ Write 523 DQ Mixed 345 358% 596 MB/s
Poor: 76% Great: 228%
Samsung PB22-JS3 FDE 2.5" 128GB 813 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 36GB free Firmware: VBM19D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 128 112 160 173 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 212 Write 17.7 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 136 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 9.6 51% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 7.2 DQ Mixed 9.8 8% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 32%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 137GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 72 72 110 117 89 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 83.5 Write 119 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 87.9 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 185% 2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 71%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 166GB free Firmware: 05.01D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 101 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 103 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 110%

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

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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	1,686x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	340x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	316x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $448

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16