MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	281% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

11 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C52
Motherboard	MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200610
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '23 at 17:49
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 76.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 824 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 990 61% 990 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 532.03 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.3 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 40.1 35% 42.6 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 35.6 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 36%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata LEGEND 850 512GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 288% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0707A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2198 2255 2338 1693 687 689 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,842 Write 2,395 Mixed 1,664 SusWrite 1,643 426% 1,886 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 32.2 203% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,228 DQ Write 948 DQ Mixed 921 734% 1,032 MB/s
Poor: 170% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 360%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3600C17D4/8GX KF3600C17D4/8GX 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 28.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 27.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 116%

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

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI B450M-A PRO MAX (MS-7C52)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,094x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	595x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	297x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	326x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	310x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	306x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	147x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	96x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	92x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	235x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	160x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	156x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $470

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