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

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190829
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '20 at 17:34
Run Duration	528 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 74.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 667 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 874 54% 874 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.2% Very poor	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 15.1 7% 11.9 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 11.5 22% 29.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 112 103 82 98 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 387 Write 166 Mixed 183 SusWrite 96.1 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 34.1 127% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 214 174% 252 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 119%
hp v165w 4GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 5307 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.8 4 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	4.96% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 2 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.3 7% 7.22 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.96% Great: 8%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1TB 1,238 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 804GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 38.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 39 50% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 20%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 127GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 31 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 28.2 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 22.1 39% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE 1x8GB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 12.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 11.8 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 62%

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Gaming 64%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 60%

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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