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

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 10:13
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (84^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 73.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 81% 150 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 689 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 90 Parallax 78.5 74% 86.2 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 71.3 63% 77.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-00000 256GB 3,145 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT2100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 91 103 172 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 406 Write 68.3 Mixed 135 SusWrite 111 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 33.4 130% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 155 130% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 128GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 162 164 168 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 125 Write 101 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 165 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: CV22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 174 177 179 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 165 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 177 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 668GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 99 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 100 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 25.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 93.5 43% 93.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,684x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	424x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	408x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	338x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	398x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	272x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	189x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $441

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