MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.8% 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	238% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 21:32
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 815 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 1,025 64% 1,025 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2061) ≥ 4GB; 06G-P4-2061-KR CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 95% 113 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 100 Splatting 84.9 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 708 699 697 710 686 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,027 Write 2,229 Mixed 1,777 SusWrite 730 380% 1,691 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 72.6 248% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 803 594% 792 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 297%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 374GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 466 467 467 432 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 465 Mixed 427 SusWrite 452 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 51.8 173% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 309 250% 353 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
WD Gold 1TB (2016)-$50 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 177GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 97 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 116 Write 186 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 97.4 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 330% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 472GB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 108 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 59.7 Mixed 18 SusWrite 108 48% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 940GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 132 134 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 135 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 132 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 32.8 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 32.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 103%

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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 $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	593x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	233x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	205x

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 $39Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	76x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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