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

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.2% 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	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 18:19
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 72.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 93% 176 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 1085 102% 844 Pts	64-Core 1,454 90% 1,454 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 77.1 81% 88.2 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 79.1 64% 77.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 207 210 203 202 201 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 464 Mixed 396 SusWrite 226 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 54.2 179% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 367 277% 371 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Starwind RAM DISK 4GB 4GB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 8,644 Write 6,291 Mixed 7,262 1,645% 7,399 MB/s	4K Read 734 4K Write 630 4K Mixed 676 2,313% 680 MB/s	DQ Read 2,142 DQ Write 1,834 DQ Mixed 1,973 1,482% 1,983 MB/s

WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 141 143 145 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 138 Mixed 88 SusWrite 143 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 26.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 24.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 109%

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

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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	1,683x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	337x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	316x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	303x

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	397x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $436

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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