MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	125% 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190709
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 05:32
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 221 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 672 63% 524 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 94.1 Parallax 86.4 85% 94.9 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 78.7 74% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 481 411 476 486 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 486 Mixed 432 SusWrite 468 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 58.4 192% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 370 278% 373 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
FUJIFILM 8GB 8GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.1 8 7.8 7.8 7.8 6.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Read 23.8 Write 7.5 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 7.7 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.7% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 26.8 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.6 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	594x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	206x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	175x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	130x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	90x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	69x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	67x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	152x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16