MSI B450-A PRO (MS-7B86)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	277% 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '20 at 03:22
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 802 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 1,020 63% 1,020 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3925 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 144 Parallax 159 126% 153 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 112% 142 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 619 614 615 604 596 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 2544 Write 2,337 Mixed 1,524 SusWrite 657 394% 1,766 MB/s	4K Read 66 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 88.2 299% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,033 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 947 710% 948 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 340%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 256GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 465 465 465 465 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 466 Mixed 328 SusWrite 465 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 39.3 142% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 159 168% 273 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 232GB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 210 212 208 209 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 356 Mixed 319 SusWrite 222 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 48.8 148% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 180 186% 305 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 117%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: MN6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 135 145 144 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 143 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 34.7 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 41%

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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 $54Bench 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 $38Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $377

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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