MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.2% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 13:20
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 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 way below expectations (12^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 75 1-Core 115 2-Core 190 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 616 57% 476 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.2% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.5 79% 97.8 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 80.7 71% 86.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 3,659 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2180306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 194 191 183 183 182 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.2% Good	Read 277 Write 253 Mixed 162 SusWrite 196 50% 222 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 20.6 86% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 139 141% 229 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 98%
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB-$112 26,139 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 719GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 363 385 356 352 354 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 353 Write 355 Mixed 294 SusWrite 360 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 29.7 116% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 88.6 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 0.6 28% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 188 183 186 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 85 SusWrite 186 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 162 159 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 149 Write 145 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 159 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 113%
Apple iPod 128GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 112GB free, PID 1261 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 13 15 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 13.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 14.8 18% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 29.6 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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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 $74Bench 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 $125	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